diff --git a/src-ui/angular.json b/src-ui/angular.json
index d3530d507..414cd4f64 100644
--- a/src-ui/angular.json
+++ b/src-ui/angular.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 				"sourceLocale": "en-US",
 				"locales": {
 					"de": "src/locale/messages.de.xlf",
-					"nl-NL": "src/locale/messages.nl_NL.xlf"
+					"nl-NL": "src/locale/messages.nl_NL.xlf",
+					"fr": "src/locale/messages.fr.xlf"
 				}
 			},
 			"architect": {
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index b8048eaac..1fd54823f 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 LANGUAGES = [
     ("en-us", _("English")),
     ("de", _("German")),
-    ("nl-nl", _("Dutch"))
+    ("nl-nl", _("Dutch")),
+    ("fr", _("French"))
 ]
 
 LOCALE_PATHS = [