diff --git a/panels/common/cc-common-language.c b/panels/common/cc-common-language.c
index e8c8e4df3..29904ae4c 100644
--- a/panels/common/cc-common-language.c
+++ b/panels/common/cc-common-language.c
@@ -534,6 +534,9 @@ cc_common_language_get_initial_languages (void)
                 g_hash_table_insert (ht, g_strdup ("es_ES.utf8"), g_strdup (_("Spanish")));
         if (gdm_language_has_translations ("zh_CN"))
                 g_hash_table_insert (ht, g_strdup ("zh_CN.utf8"), g_strdup (_("Chinese (simplified)")));
+        if (gdm_language_has_translations ("ru") ||
+            gdm_language_has_translations ("ru_RU"))
+                 g_hash_table_insert (ht, g_strdup ("ru_RU.utf8"), g_strdup (_("Russian")));
 
         /* Add the languages used by other users on the system */
         add_other_users_language (ht);