diff --git a/spcd/bootstrap.sh b/spcd/bootstrap.sh
index a80e0f8..48c0d67 100644
--- a/spcd/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/spcd/bootstrap.sh
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ spcd_query_package() {
 
 spcd_txt_locale() {
     local action="${1}"
-    local locale="${2}"
+    local chosen="${2}"
     set -- \
         "LANG" \
         "LC_CTYPE" \
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ spcd_txt_locale() {
     *)
         set -- \
             "${@}" \
+            "LANGUAGE" \
             "LC_PAPER" \
             "LC_NAME" \
             "LC_ADDRESS" \
@@ -939,15 +940,19 @@ spcd_txt_locale() {
     "set")
         spcd_txt_locale "list"
         spcd_split
-        local value
-        if [ -n "${locale}" ]; then
-            value="${locale}"
+        local locale long
+        if [ -n "${chosen}" ]; then
+            locale="${chosen}"
         else
-            value="${_SPCD_TXT_LOCALE_DEFAULT}"
+            locale="${_SPCD_TXT_LOCALE_DEFAULT}"
         fi
-        value="${value}.${_SPCD_TXT_CHARSET}"
+        long="${locale}.${_SPCD_TXT_CHARSET}"
         for name in "${@}"; do
-            export "${name}=${value}"
+            if [ "${name}" != "LANGUAGE" ]; then
+                export "${name}=${long}"
+            else
+                export "${name}=${locale}"
+            fi
         done
         spcd_split
         spcd_txt_locale "list"