diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7cd404b7ae..74dc9685e4 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ ARG VERSION=dev
 
 ENV _APP_SERVER=swoole \
     _APP_ENV=production \
+    _APP_LOCALE=en \
     _APP_DOMAIN=localhost \
     _APP_DOMAIN_TARGET=localhost \
     _APP_HOME=https://appwrite.io \
diff --git a/app/config/variables.php b/app/config/variables.php
index 20b49bd9e8..e7e964f72f 100644
--- a/app/config/variables.php
+++ b/app/config/variables.php
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ return [
                 'required' => false,
                 'question' => '',
             ],
+            [
+                'name' => '_APP_LOCALE',
+                'description' => 'Set your Appwrite\'s locale. By default, the locale is set to \'en\'.',
+                'introduction' => '',
+                'default' => 'en',
+                'required' => false,
+                'question' => '',
+            ],
             [
                 'name' => '_APP_OPTIONS_ABUSE',
                 'description' => 'Allows you to disable abuse checks and API rate limiting. By default, set to \'enabled\'. To cancel the abuse checking, set to \'disabled\'. It is not recommended to disable this check-in a production environment.',
diff --git a/app/views/install/compose.phtml b/app/views/install/compose.phtml
index 1c0c98108f..7508d4fb09 100644
--- a/app/views/install/compose.phtml
+++ b/app/views/install/compose.phtml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ services:
       - influxdb
     environment:
       - _APP_ENV
+      - _APP_LOCALE
       - _APP_CONSOLE_WHITELIST_EMAILS
       - _APP_CONSOLE_WHITELIST_IPS
       - _APP_SYSTEM_EMAIL_NAME
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c4ad29c643..806a10f238 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ services:
       - influxdb
     environment:
       - _APP_ENV
+      - _APP_LOCALE
       - _APP_SYSTEM_EMAIL_NAME
       - _APP_SYSTEM_EMAIL_ADDRESS
       - _APP_SYSTEM_SECURITY_EMAIL_ADDRESS