diff --git a/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.cpp b/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.cpp
index dca681eea..136e6967c 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/locale/LocalePage.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ LocalePage::guessLCLocale()
     QStringList linesForLanguage;
     foreach ( QString line, m_localeGenLines )
     {
-        if ( line.startsWith( myLocale.name().left( 2 ) ) )
+        if ( line.startsWith( QLocale::languageToString( myLocale.language() ) ) )
             linesForLanguage.append( line );
     }