diff --git a/scripts/shared.py b/scripts/shared.py
index 39fa314e1f..bcb0882d42 100644
--- a/scripts/shared.py
+++ b/scripts/shared.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 def write_en_language(filename, strings, key_as_id):
     ts = ET.Element("TS")
     ts.set("version", "2.1")
-    ts.set("language", "en")
+    ts.set("language", "en-US")
 
     context = ET.SubElement(ts, "context")
     ET.SubElement(context, "name")