diff --git a/druid-shell/Cargo.toml b/druid-shell/Cargo.toml
index 2055654ef2..5815f9d1ba 100755
--- a/druid-shell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/druid-shell/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ js-sys = "0.3.44"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch="wasm32")'.dependencies.web-sys]
 version = "0.3.44"
-features = ["Window", "MouseEvent", "CssStyleDeclaration", "WheelEvent", "KeyEvent", "KeyboardEvent"]
+features = ["Window", "MouseEvent", "CssStyleDeclaration", "WheelEvent", "KeyEvent", "KeyboardEvent", "Navigator"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 piet-common = { version = "=0.4.1", features = ["png"] }
diff --git a/druid-shell/src/platform/web/application.rs b/druid-shell/src/platform/web/application.rs
index 9d685a2e75..51669d4a11 100644
--- a/druid-shell/src/platform/web/application.rs
+++ b/druid-shell/src/platform/web/application.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ impl Application {
     }
 
     pub fn get_locale() -> String {
-        //TODO ahem
-        "en-US".into()
+        web_sys::window()
+            .and_then(|w| w.navigator().language())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| "en-US".into())
     }
 }