diff --git a/lib/include/html_head.inc.php b/lib/include/html_head.inc.php
index f93878e41421c15dac5e0310174012db50378fae..7a3083d32412d88fd1a89a889dd8ac948153de9e 100644
--- a/lib/include/html_head.inc.php
+++ b/lib/include/html_head.inc.php
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ $getInstalledLanguages = function () {
return $languages;
};
+
+$lang_attr = str_replace('_', '-', $_SESSION['_language']);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html class="no-js">
+<html class="no-js" lang="<?= htmlReady($lang_attr) ?>">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title data-original="<?= htmlReady(PageLayout::getTitle()) ?>">
diff --git a/templates/layouts/base.php b/templates/layouts/base.php
index a0dc7136ff8abaaeb4fd342edc47a217e80c17d5..f3da95a58f6a39706035a8c921f31616cac6983e 100644
--- a/templates/layouts/base.php
+++ b/templates/layouts/base.php
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ $getInstalledLanguages = function () {
return $languages;
};
+
+$lang_attr = str_replace('_', '-', $_SESSION['_language']);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html class="no-js" lang="<?= htmlReady(strtr($_SESSION['_language'], '_', '-')) ?>">
+<html class="no-js" lang="<?= htmlReady($lang_attr) ?>">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title data-original="<?= htmlReady(PageLayout::getTitle()) ?>">