diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2e7b8d67..efef5a1c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Alexis Deveria <adeveria@gmail.com>
 
 Translation credits:
 
+ar: Tarik Belaam <dubraise@gmail.com> (العربية)
 cs: Jan Ptacek <jan.ptacek@gmail.com> (Čeština)
 de: Reimar Bauer <rb.proj@googlemail.com> (Deutsch)
 es: Alicia Puerto <alicia.puerto.g@gmail.com> (Español)
diff --git a/editor/locale/locale.js b/editor/locale/locale.js
index 5bfc59b1..042a04b7 100644
--- a/editor/locale/locale.js
+++ b/editor/locale/locale.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 var put_locale = function(svgCanvas, given_param){
 	var lang_param;
 	// TODO: Make this array be based on entries in svg-editor.html
-	var good_langs = ['cs','de','en','es','fa','fr','fy','hi','nl','ro','ru','sk'];
+	var good_langs = ['ar','cs','de','en','es','fa','fr','fy','hi','nl','ro','ru','sk'];
 	if(given_param) {
 		lang_param = given_param;
 	} else {
diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.html b/editor/svg-editor.html
index f0475237..6bb2570b 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.html
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.html
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ script type="text/javascript" src="locale/locale.min.js"></script-->
 			<label><span id="svginfo_lang">Language:</span>
 				<!-- Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_names -->
 				<select id="lang_select">
+				  <option id="lang_ar" value="ar">العربية</option>
 					<option id="lang_cs" value="cs">Čeština</option>
  					<option id="lang_de" value="de">Deutsch</option>
 					<option id="lang_en" value="en" selected="selected">English</option>