diff --git a/frontend/lib/resolution/prims.cpp b/frontend/lib/resolution/prims.cpp
index 3f4fb8b250d..02eed2edf33 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/resolution/prims.cpp
+++ b/frontend/lib/resolution/prims.cpp
@@ -1766,7 +1766,6 @@ CallResolutionResult resolvePrimCall(ResolutionContext* rc,
     case PRIM_BLOCK_UNLOCAL:
     case PRIM_LOGICAL_FOLDER:
     case PRIM_WIDE_MAKE:
-    case PRIM_WIDE_GET_LOCALE:
     case PRIM_REGISTER_GLOBAL_VAR:
     case PRIM_BROADCAST_GLOBAL_VARS:
     case PRIM_PRIVATE_BROADCAST:
@@ -1791,6 +1790,11 @@ CallResolutionResult resolvePrimCall(ResolutionContext* rc,
       CHPL_UNIMPL("misc primitives");
       break;
 
+    case PRIM_WIDE_GET_LOCALE:
+      type = QualifiedType(QualifiedType::CONST_VAR,
+                           CompositeType::getLocaleIDType(context));
+      break;
+
     case PRIM_GATHER_TESTS:
       type = primGatherTests(context, ci);
       break;
diff --git a/frontend/test/resolution/testResolve.cpp b/frontend/test/resolution/testResolve.cpp
index e6a1874b510..0a9b21eb2ae 100644
--- a/frontend/test/resolution/testResolve.cpp
+++ b/frontend/test/resolution/testResolve.cpp
@@ -1759,6 +1759,30 @@ static void testPromotionPrim() {
   assert(guard.realizeErrors() == 0);
 }
 
+// Test the '_wide_get_locale' primitive.
+static void testGetLocalePrim() {
+  Context* context = buildStdContext();
+  // TODO: we get a query system infinite recursion without this for some reason
+  context->collectGarbage();
+  ErrorGuard guard(context);
+
+  auto variables = resolveTypesOfVariables(context,
+    R"""(
+      var x : real;
+      var locId = __primitive("_wide_get_locale", x);
+      var sublocId = chpl_sublocFromLocaleID(locId);
+    )""", { "locId", "sublocId" });
+
+  auto locId = variables.at("locId");
+  assert(locId.type());
+  assert(locId.type() == CompositeType::getLocaleIDType(context));
+  auto sublocId = variables.at("sublocId");
+  assert(sublocId.type());
+  assert(sublocId.type()->isIntType());
+
+  assert(guard.realizeErrors() == 0);
+}
+
 int main() {
   test1();
   test2();
@@ -1791,6 +1815,7 @@ int main() {
   testInfiniteCycleBug();
 
   testPromotionPrim();
+  testGetLocalePrim();
 
   return 0;
 }