diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs
index a0729106c..8d8164301 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docx.hs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ writeDocx opts doc = do
 
   let env = defaultWriterEnv {
           envRTL = isRTLmeta
+        , envLang = getLang opts meta
         , envChangesAuthor = fromMaybe "unknown" username
         , envChangesDate   = T.pack $ formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%FT%XZ" utctime
         , envPrintWidth = maybe 420 (`quot` 20) pgContentWidth
diff --git a/test/docx/golden/document-properties.docx b/test/docx/golden/document-properties.docx
index 537a6e5c0..896ab47f9 100644
Binary files a/test/docx/golden/document-properties.docx and b/test/docx/golden/document-properties.docx differ