diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
index 34073546..9f25f755 100755
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
             msg = u'No atom entry found in the pubsub item {}'.format(id_)
             raise failure.Failure(exceptions.DataError(msg))
 
+        # language
+        try:
+            microblog_data[u'language'] = entry_elt[(C.NS_XML, u'lang')]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+
         # atom:id
         try:
             id_elt = entry_elt.elements(NS_ATOM, 'id').next()
@@ -345,6 +351,10 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
         client = self.host.getClient(profile)
         entry_elt = domish.Element((NS_ATOM, 'entry'))
 
+        ## language ##
+        if u'language' in data:
+            entry_elt[(C.NS_XML, u'lang')] = data[u'language']
+
         ## content and title ##
         synt = self.host.plugins["TEXT-SYNTAXES"]
 
diff --git a/src/tools/common/data_objects.py b/src/tools/common/data_objects.py
index 1aca21ad..f8e07744 100644
--- a/src/tools/common/data_objects.py
+++ b/src/tools/common/data_objects.py
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ class BlogItem(object):
     def updated(self):
         return self.mb_data.get(u'updated')
 
+    @property
+    def language(self):
+        return self.mb_data.get(u'language')
+
     @property
     def author(self):
         return self.mb_data.get(u'author')