diff --git a/src/texttospeechbar.cpp b/src/texttospeechbar.cpp
index 6ebb00c76..08b590fe9 100644
--- a/src/texttospeechbar.cpp
+++ b/src/texttospeechbar.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ TextToSpeechBar::TextToSpeechBar(QWidget *parent)
 {
     close();
     mp_ui->setupUi(this);
-    mp_speech->setLocale(QLocale::system().language());
     mp_ui->stopButton->setText(gt("stop"));
     connect(mp_speech, &QTextToSpeech::stateChanged, this,
             &TextToSpeechBar::onStateChanged);
@@ -17,6 +16,29 @@ TextToSpeechBar::TextToSpeechBar(QWidget *parent)
             &TextToSpeechBar::stop);
     connect(mp_ui->closeButton, &QPushButton::released,
                 this, &TextToSpeechBar::speechBarClose);
+
+    mp_ui->langLabel->setText(gt("language"));
+    mp_ui->langComboBox->setMaxVisibleItems(10);
+    QLocale current = QLocale::system().language();
+    for (auto locale : mp_speech->availableLocales())
+    {
+        QString name(QString("%1 (%2)")
+                        .arg(QLocale::languageToString(locale.language()))
+                        .arg(locale.nativeLanguageName()));
+        QVariant localeVariant(locale);
+        mp_ui->langComboBox->addItem(name, localeVariant);
+        if (locale.name() == current.name())
+            current = locale;
+    }
+
+    /* Work around to both have max visible item and a read-only combobox.*/
+    mp_ui->langComboBox->lineEdit()->setReadOnly(true);
+    mp_ui->langComboBox->lineEdit()->setFrame(false);
+
+    connect(mp_ui->langComboBox, &QComboBox::currentIndexChanged,
+                this, &TextToSpeechBar::languageSelected);
+    mp_ui->langComboBox->setCurrentIndex(mp_ui->langComboBox->findData(current));
+    languageSelected(mp_ui->langComboBox->currentIndex());
 }
 
 void TextToSpeechBar::speak(const QString &text)
@@ -34,6 +56,12 @@ void TextToSpeechBar::onStateChanged(QTextToSpeech::State state)
     mp_ui->stopButton->setEnabled(state != QTextToSpeech::Ready);
 }
 
+void TextToSpeechBar::languageSelected(int index)
+{
+    QLocale locale = mp_ui->langComboBox->itemData(index).toLocale();
+    mp_speech->setLocale(locale);
+}
+
 void TextToSpeechBar::speechBarClose()
 {
     /* Prevent webview from scrolling to up to the top after losing focus. */
diff --git a/src/texttospeechbar.h b/src/texttospeechbar.h
index ba9c517e5..56621aeaa 100644
--- a/src/texttospeechbar.h
+++ b/src/texttospeechbar.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class TextToSpeechBar : public QFrame
 
 public slots:
     void speechBarClose();
+    void languageSelected(int index);
     void onStateChanged(QTextToSpeech::State state);
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/texttospeechbar.ui b/src/texttospeechbar.ui
index b0c84dfd1..819c91cf0 100644
--- a/src/texttospeechbar.ui
+++ b/src/texttospeechbar.ui
@@ -21,10 +21,30 @@
   </property>
   <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
    <item>
-    <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="langLabel">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string/>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QComboBox" name="langComboBox">
+     <property name="layoutDirection">
+      <enum>Qt::LeftToRight</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="editable">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
      </property>
+     <property name="sizeType">
+      <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
+     </property>
      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
       <size>
        <width>40</width>
@@ -57,7 +77,7 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
+    <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
      </property>