diff --git a/plugins/sampledata/multilang/multilang.php b/plugins/sampledata/multilang/multilang.php
index 47b602e6cf93f..c0af3e619ffc0 100644
--- a/plugins/sampledata/multilang/multilang.php
+++ b/plugins/sampledata/multilang/multilang.php
@@ -1249,7 +1249,13 @@ protected function getInstalledlangs($cms_client = 'administrator')
 
 		foreach ($langlist as $lang)
 		{
-			$file          = $path . '/' . $lang . '/' . $lang . '.xml';
+			$file = $path . '/' . $lang . '/' . $lang . '.xml';
+
+			if (!is_file($file))
+			{
+				$file = $path . '/' . $lang . '/langmetadata.xml';
+			}
+
 			$info          = Installer::parseXMLInstallFile($file);
 			$row           = new stdClass;
 			$row->language = $lang;