diff --git a/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php b/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php
index 0b6c2b83a12d..e81ae9cabbd9 100644
--- a/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace CodeIgniter\HTTP;
 
 use Config\App;
+use Locale;
 use RuntimeException;
 
 /**
@@ -280,4 +281,13 @@ private function returnNullOrEmptyArray($index)
     {
         return ($index === null || is_array($index)) ? [] : null;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the current locale, with a fallback to the default
+     * locale if none is set.
+     */
+    public function getLocale(): string
+    {
+        return Locale::getDefault();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php b/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php
index e8e57dbc611b..b294d1621b2b 100644
--- a/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php
@@ -599,16 +599,21 @@ public function testGetGet()
 
     public function testGetPost()
     {
-        $this->assertSame([], $this->request->getGet());
+        $this->assertSame([], $this->request->getPost());
     }
 
     public function testGetPostGet()
     {
-        $this->assertSame([], $this->request->getGet());
+        $this->assertSame([], $this->request->getPostGet());
     }
 
     public function testGetGetPost()
     {
-        $this->assertSame([], $this->request->getGet());
+        $this->assertSame([], $this->request->getGetPost());
+    }
+
+    public function testGetLocale()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('en', $this->request->getLocale());
     }
 }