diff --git a/backends/platform/ds/osystem_ds.cpp b/backends/platform/ds/osystem_ds.cpp
index c2295b12c04..0c49e990b85 100644
--- a/backends/platform/ds/osystem_ds.cpp
+++ b/backends/platform/ds/osystem_ds.cpp
@@ -523,3 +523,16 @@ Common::HardwareInputSet *OSystem_DS::getHardwareInputSet() {
 
 	return inputSet;
 }
+
+Common::String OSystem_DS::getSystemLanguage() const {
+	switch (PersonalData->language) {
+		case 0: return "ja_JP";
+		case 1: return "en_US";
+		case 2: return "fr_FR";
+		case 3: return "de_DE";
+		case 4: return "it_IT";
+		case 5: return "es_ES";
+		case 6: return "zh_CN";
+		default: return "en_US";
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backends/platform/ds/osystem_ds.h b/backends/platform/ds/osystem_ds.h
index e3ac19416fc..d24a5bafeea 100644
--- a/backends/platform/ds/osystem_ds.h
+++ b/backends/platform/ds/osystem_ds.h
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ public:
 	virtual Common::EventSource *getDefaultEventSource() { return _eventSource; }
 	virtual Common::HardwareInputSet *getHardwareInputSet();
 
+	virtual Common::String getSystemLanguage() const;
+
 	virtual MutexRef createMutex(void);
 	virtual void lockMutex(MutexRef mutex);
 	virtual void unlockMutex(MutexRef mutex);