diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-editor.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-editor.php
index 8a6dc3bd02..6610ab530c 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-editor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-editor.php
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ final class _WP_Editors {
 					'wpeditimage_disable_captions' => $no_captions,
 					'wpeditimage_html5_captions' => current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'caption' ),
 					'plugins' => implode( ',', $plugins ),
+					'wp_lang_attr' => get_bloginfo( 'language' )
 				);
 
 				if ( ! empty( $mce_external_plugins ) ) {
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/plugin.js b/src/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/plugin.js
index 64a80c2684..2d4cb3027e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/plugin.js
+++ b/src/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/plugin.js
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ tinymce.PluginManager.add( 'wordpress', function( editor ) {
 			dom.setAttrib( doc.documentElement, 'dir', 'rtl' );
 		}
 
+		dom.setAttrib( doc.documentElement, 'lang', editor.getParam( 'wp_lang_attr' ) );
+
 		if ( env.ie ) {
 			if ( parseInt( env.ie, 10 ) === 9 ) {
 				bodyClass.push('ie9');