diff --git a/jooby-ftl/src/main/java/org/jooby/internal/ftl/Engine.java b/jooby-ftl/src/main/java/org/jooby/internal/ftl/Engine.java
index 1e4e125068..14f0fdbdfb 100644
--- a/jooby-ftl/src/main/java/org/jooby/internal/ftl/Engine.java
+++ b/jooby-ftl/src/main/java/org/jooby/internal/ftl/Engine.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jooby.MediaType;
@@ -62,8 +63,13 @@ public void render(final View view, final Renderer.Context ctx) throws Exception
     hash.put("_vpath", template.getName());
     hash.put("xss", xss);
 
+    // Locale:
+    Locale locale = (Locale) hash.getOrDefault("locale", ctx.locale());
+    hash.putIfAbsent("locale", locale);
+
     // locals
-    hash.putAll(ctx.locals());
+    Map<String, Object> locals = ctx.locals();
+    hash.putAll(locals);
 
     // model
     hash.putAll(view.model());
@@ -72,6 +78,9 @@ public void render(final View view, final Renderer.Context ctx) throws Exception
     // TODO: remove string writer
     StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
 
+    // Locale:
+    template.setLocale(locale);
+
     // output
     template.process(model, writer);
     ctx.type(MediaType.html)
@@ -97,5 +106,4 @@ public String toString() {
     return name();
   }
 
-
 }
diff --git a/jooby-hbs/src/main/java/org/jooby/internal/hbs/HbsEngine.java b/jooby-hbs/src/main/java/org/jooby/internal/hbs/HbsEngine.java
index 8b598adebc..7ab145da3f 100644
--- a/jooby-hbs/src/main/java/org/jooby/internal/hbs/HbsEngine.java
+++ b/jooby-hbs/src/main/java/org/jooby/internal/hbs/HbsEngine.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jooby.MediaType;
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ public void render(final View view, final Renderer.Context ctx) throws Exception
     locals.putIfAbsent("_vname", vname);
     locals.putIfAbsent("_vpath", source.filename());
 
+    // Locale:
+    Locale locale = (Locale) locals.getOrDefault("locale", ctx.locale());
+    locals.put("locale", locale);
+
     com.github.jknack.handlebars.Context context = com.github.jknack.handlebars.Context
         .newBuilder(view.model())
         // merge request locals (req+sessions locals)
diff --git a/jooby-jade/src/main/java/org/jooby/jade/Engine.java b/jooby-jade/src/main/java/org/jooby/jade/Engine.java
index 8e96db024b..35ba05921c 100644
--- a/jooby-jade/src/main/java/org/jooby/jade/Engine.java
+++ b/jooby-jade/src/main/java/org/jooby/jade/Engine.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jooby.MediaType;
@@ -45,13 +46,19 @@ public void render(final View view, final Context ctx) throws FileNotFoundExcept
 
     JadeTemplate template = jadeConfiguration.getTemplate(name);
 
+    Map<String, Object> locals = ctx.locals();
+
     Map<String, Object> hash = new HashMap<>();
 
     hash.put("_vname", view.name());
     hash.put("_vpath", name);
 
+    // Locale:
+    Locale locale = (Locale) locals.getOrDefault("locale", ctx.locale());
+    hash.put("locale", locale);
+
     // locals & model
-    hash.putAll(ctx.locals());
+    hash.putAll(locals);
     hash.putAll(view.model());
 
     String output = jadeConfiguration.renderTemplate(template, hash);
diff --git a/jooby-pebble/src/main/java/org/jooby/pebble/PebbleRenderer.java b/jooby-pebble/src/main/java/org/jooby/pebble/PebbleRenderer.java
index 5ba344ad01..0e91412f39 100644
--- a/jooby-pebble/src/main/java/org/jooby/pebble/PebbleRenderer.java
+++ b/jooby-pebble/src/main/java/org/jooby/pebble/PebbleRenderer.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jooby.MediaType;
@@ -44,18 +45,26 @@ public PebbleRenderer(final PebbleEngine pebble) {
   public void render(final View view, final Renderer.Context ctx) throws Exception {
     String vname = view.name();
     try {
+      Map<String, Object> locals = ctx.locals();
+
       PebbleTemplate template = pebble.getTemplate(vname);
       Writer writer = new StringWriter();
       Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<>();
+
       // push locals
-      model.putAll(ctx.locals());
+      model.putAll(locals);
       model.putIfAbsent("_vname", vname);
 
+      // Locale:
+      Locale locale = (Locale) locals.getOrDefault("locale", ctx.locale());
+      model.putIfAbsent("locale", locale);
+
       // put model
       model.putAll(view.model());
 
       // render and send
-      template.evaluate(writer, model);
+      template.evaluate(writer, model, locale);
+
       ctx.type(MediaType.html)
           .send(writer.toString());
     } catch (LoaderException x) {
diff --git a/jooby-pebble/src/test/java/org/jooby/pebble/Issue725.java b/jooby-pebble/src/test/java/org/jooby/pebble/Issue725.java
index d1aea6f663..0f1fcbfa8c 100644
--- a/jooby-pebble/src/test/java/org/jooby/pebble/Issue725.java
+++ b/jooby-pebble/src/test/java/org/jooby/pebble/Issue725.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jooby.MediaType;
@@ -31,12 +32,15 @@ public class Issue725 {
   public void templateNotFound() throws Exception {
     new MockUnit(PebbleEngine.class, View.class, Renderer.Context.class)
         .expect(unit -> {
+          Locale locale = Locale.ENGLISH;
           Map vmodel = unit.mock(Map.class);
           Map<String, Object> locals = unit.mock(Map.class);
+          expect(locals.getOrDefault("locale", locale)).andReturn(locale);
 
           Map model = unit.constructor(HashMap.class).build();
           model.putAll(locals);
           expect(model.putIfAbsent("_vname", "vname")).andReturn(null);
+          expect(model.putIfAbsent("locale", locale)).andReturn(null);
           model.putAll(vmodel);
 
           View view = unit.get(View.class);
@@ -47,11 +51,12 @@ public void templateNotFound() throws Exception {
 
           Renderer.Context ctx = unit.get(Renderer.Context.class);
           expect(ctx.locals()).andReturn(locals);
+          expect(ctx.locale()).andReturn(locale);
           expect(ctx.type(MediaType.html)).andReturn(ctx);
           ctx.send(writer.toString());
 
           PebbleTemplate template = unit.mock(PebbleTemplate.class);
-          template.evaluate(writer, model);
+          template.evaluate(writer, model, locale);
           LoaderException x = new LoaderException(null, "template not found");
           expectLastCall().andThrow(x);
 
diff --git a/jooby-pebble/src/test/java/org/jooby/pebble/PebbleRendererTest.java b/jooby-pebble/src/test/java/org/jooby/pebble/PebbleRendererTest.java
index 04565223b5..216cab9a3c 100644
--- a/jooby-pebble/src/test/java/org/jooby/pebble/PebbleRendererTest.java
+++ b/jooby-pebble/src/test/java/org/jooby/pebble/PebbleRendererTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jooby.MediaType;
@@ -28,12 +29,15 @@ public class PebbleRendererTest {
   public void render() throws Exception {
     new MockUnit(PebbleEngine.class, View.class, Renderer.Context.class)
         .expect(unit -> {
+          Locale locale = Locale.UK;
           Map vmodel = unit.mock(Map.class);
           Map<String, Object> locals = unit.mock(Map.class);
+          expect(locals.getOrDefault("locale", locale)).andReturn(locale);
 
           Map model = unit.constructor(HashMap.class).build();
           model.putAll(locals);
           expect(model.putIfAbsent("_vname", "vname")).andReturn(null);
+          expect(model.putIfAbsent("locale", locale)).andReturn(null);
           model.putAll(vmodel);
 
           View view = unit.get(View.class);
@@ -43,12 +47,13 @@ public void render() throws Exception {
           StringWriter writer = unit.constructor(StringWriter.class).build();
 
           Renderer.Context ctx = unit.get(Renderer.Context.class);
+          expect(ctx.locale()).andReturn(locale);
           expect(ctx.locals()).andReturn(locals);
           expect(ctx.type(MediaType.html)).andReturn(ctx);
           ctx.send(writer.toString());
 
           PebbleTemplate template = unit.mock(PebbleTemplate.class);
-          template.evaluate(writer, model);
+          template.evaluate(writer, model, locale);
 
           PebbleEngine pebble = unit.get(PebbleEngine.class);
           expect(pebble.getTemplate("vname")).andReturn(template);
diff --git a/jooby-thymeleaf/src/main/java/org/jooby/thymeleaf/ThlEngine.java b/jooby-thymeleaf/src/main/java/org/jooby/thymeleaf/ThlEngine.java
index 75ab2131f1..886ade0642 100644
--- a/jooby-thymeleaf/src/main/java/org/jooby/thymeleaf/ThlEngine.java
+++ b/jooby-thymeleaf/src/main/java/org/jooby/thymeleaf/ThlEngine.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.jooby.thymeleaf;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jooby.Env;
@@ -46,11 +47,14 @@ public void render(final View view, final Context ctx) throws FileNotFoundExcept
     Map<String, Object> vars = ctx.locals();
     vars.putIfAbsent("_vname", vname);
 
+    // Locale:
+    Locale locale = (Locale) vars.getOrDefault("locale", ctx.locale());
+
     Map model = view.model();
     vars.forEach(model::putIfAbsent);
     model.putIfAbsent("xss", new Thlxss(env));
 
-    IContext thlctx = new org.thymeleaf.context.Context(ctx.locale(), model);
+    IContext thlctx = new org.thymeleaf.context.Context(locale, model);
     String output = this.engine.process(vname, thlctx);
 
     ctx.type(MediaType.html)