diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/registrars_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/registrars_controller.rb
index de8d099d2..119abf85b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/registrars_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/registrars_controller.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ module Admin
                                         :billing_email,
                                         :code,
                                         :test_registrar,
-                                        :accounting_customer_code)
+                                        :accounting_customer_code,
+                                        :language)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/registrar.rb b/app/models/registrar.rb
index b410a1c76..418277b8a 100644
--- a/app/models/registrar.rb
+++ b/app/models/registrar.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ class Registrar < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :name, :reg_no, :country_code, :email, :code, presence: true
   validates :name, :reg_no, :reference_no, :code, uniqueness: true
   validates :accounting_customer_code, presence: true
+  validates :language, presence: true
   validate :forbidden_codes
 
+  after_initialize :set_defaults
+
   def forbidden_codes
     return true unless ['CID'].include? code
     errors.add(:code, I18n.t(:forbidden_code))
@@ -163,4 +166,10 @@ class Registrar < ActiveRecord::Base
     return true unless Setting.api_ip_whitelist_enabled
     white_ips.api.pluck(:ipv4, :ipv6).flatten.include?(ip)
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def set_defaults
+    self.language = Setting.default_language unless language
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/registrars/_form.html.erb b/app/views/admin/registrars/_form.html.erb
index 7bdddb5d9..389960f01 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/registrars/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/registrars/_form.html.erb
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
+    <%= render 'admin/registrars/form/preferences', f: f %>
     <hr/>
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-md-8 text-right">
diff --git a/app/views/admin/registrars/form/_preferences.html.erb b/app/views/admin/registrars/form/_preferences.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..443c7cf91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/admin/registrars/form/_preferences.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<div class="row">
+    <div class="col-md-8">
+        <div class="panel panel-default">
+            <div class="panel-heading">
+                <%= t '.header' %>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="panel-body">
+                <div class="form-group">
+                    <div class="col-md-4 control-label">
+                        <%= f.label :language %>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="col-md-7">
+                        <%= f.language_select :language, nil, {}, required: true, class: 'form-control' %>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/config/locales/admin/registrars.en.yml b/config/locales/admin/registrars.en.yml
index 7d1846e05..4a4fc78e6 100644
--- a/config/locales/admin/registrars.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/admin/registrars.en.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ en:
 
         billing:
           header: Billing
+
+        preferences:
+          header: Preferences
diff --git a/test/fixtures/registrars.yml b/test/fixtures/registrars.yml
index 2d23188af..52b2bbc00 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/registrars.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/registrars.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ DEFAULTS: &DEFAULTS
   email: acme@example.com
   code: 1234
   accounting_customer_code: ACCOUNT001
+  language: en
 
 valid:
   <<: *DEFAULTS
diff --git a/test/models/registrar_test.rb b/test/models/registrar_test.rb
index 345297ee8..6c92bbff9 100644
--- a/test/models/registrar_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/registrar_test.rb
@@ -20,4 +20,22 @@ class RegistrarTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     @registrar.validate
     assert @registrar.invalid?
   end
+
+  def test_requires_language
+    @registrar.language = nil
+    @registrar.validate
+    assert @registrar.invalid?
+  end
+
+  def test_has_default_language
+    Setting.default_language = 'en'
+    registrar = Registrar.new
+    assert_equal 'en', registrar.language
+  end
+
+  def test_overrides_default_language
+    Setting.default_language = 'en'
+    registrar = Registrar.new(language: 'de')
+    assert_equal 'de', registrar.language
+  end
 end