diff --git a/lighthouse-core/report/html/report-template.html b/lighthouse-core/report/html/report-template.html
index 52373acd4f4e..7b89d3c27e4c 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/report/html/report-template.html
+++ b/lighthouse-core/report/html/report-template.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
limitations under the License.
-->
-
+
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/report/report-generator.js b/lighthouse-core/report/report-generator.js
index 384bc36b368c..d87e589f1920 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/report/report-generator.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/report/report-generator.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class ReportGenerator {
const sanitizedJavascript = htmlReportAssets.REPORT_JAVASCRIPT.replace(/<\//g, '\\u003c/');
return ReportGenerator.replaceStrings(htmlReportAssets.REPORT_TEMPLATE, [
+ {search: '%%LIGHTHOUSE_LOCALE%%', replacement: lhr.configSettings.locale},
{search: '%%LIGHTHOUSE_JSON%%', replacement: sanitizedJson},
{search: '%%LIGHTHOUSE_JAVASCRIPT%%', replacement: sanitizedJavascript},
{search: '/*%%LIGHTHOUSE_CSS%%*/', replacement: htmlReportAssets.REPORT_CSS},