diff --git a/src/sentry/api/serializers/models/user.py b/src/sentry/api/serializers/models/user.py
index a182fcff924ede..b75c8c914fe01f 100644
--- a/src/sentry/api/serializers/models/user.py
+++ b/src/sentry/api/serializers/models/user.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def serialize(
 
             d["options"] = {
                 "theme": options.get("theme") or "light",
-                "language": options.get("language") or "en",
+                "language": options.get("language") or settings.SENTRY_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE,
                 "stacktraceOrder": stacktrace_order,
                 "timezone": options.get("timezone") or settings.SENTRY_DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE,
                 "clock24Hours": options.get("clock_24_hours") or False,
diff --git a/src/sentry/conf/server.py b/src/sentry/conf/server.py
index 32cd87d999b4b5..ccd4f134ffe9e8 100644
--- a/src/sentry/conf/server.py
+++ b/src/sentry/conf/server.py
@@ -1169,6 +1169,8 @@ def create_partitioned_queues(name):
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
 SENTRY_DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
 
+SENTRY_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = "en"
+
 # Enable the Sentry Debugger (Beta)
 SENTRY_DEBUGGER = None