diff --git a/mods/intllib/init.lua b/mods/intllib/init.lua
index 62a8f51..1918881 100644
--- a/mods/intllib/init.lua
+++ b/mods/intllib/init.lua
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dofile(MP.."/lib.lua")
 local strings = {}
 
 local LANG = minetest.setting_get("language")
+if not (LANG and (LANG ~= "")) then LANG = os.getenv("LANGUAGE") end
 if not (LANG and (LANG ~= "")) then LANG = os.getenv("LANG") end
 if not (LANG and (LANG ~= "")) then LANG = "en" end
 LANG = LANG:sub(1, 2)