diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlelem.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlelem.c
index 29065817b5d..7843ad6d918 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlelem.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlelem.c
@@ -837,18 +837,24 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLElement_get_title(IHTMLElement *iface, BSTR *p)
     return return_nsstr(nsres, &title_str, p);
 }
 
+static const WCHAR languageW[] = {'l','a','n','g','u','a','g','e',0};
+
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLElement_put_language(IHTMLElement *iface, BSTR v)
 {
     HTMLElement *This = impl_from_IHTMLElement(iface);
-    FIXME("(%p)->(%s)\n", This, debugstr_w(v));
-    return E_NOTIMPL;
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%s)\n", This, debugstr_w(v));
+
+    return elem_string_attr_setter(This, languageW, v);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLElement_get_language(IHTMLElement *iface, BSTR *p)
 {
     HTMLElement *This = impl_from_IHTMLElement(iface);
-    FIXME("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
-    return E_NOTIMPL;
+
+    TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
+
+    return elem_string_attr_getter(This, languageW, TRUE, p);
 }
 
 static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLElement_put_onselectstart(IHTMLElement *iface, VARIANT v)
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
index ab81eadb698..304a5757c12 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
@@ -3138,6 +3138,36 @@ static void _test_elem_id(unsigned line, IUnknown *unk, const char *exid)
     SysFreeString(id);
 }
 
+#define test_elem_language(e,i) _test_elem_language(__LINE__,e,i)
+static void _test_elem_language(unsigned line, IHTMLElement *elem, const char *exlang)
+{
+    BSTR lang = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
+    HRESULT hres;
+
+    hres = IHTMLElement_get_language(elem, &lang);
+    ok_(__FILE__,line) (hres == S_OK, "get_language failed: %08x\n", hres);
+
+    if(exlang)
+        ok_(__FILE__,line) (!strcmp_wa(lang, exlang), "unexpected language %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(lang));
+    else
+        ok_(__FILE__,line) (!lang, "language=%s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(lang));
+
+    SysFreeString(lang);
+}
+
+#define set_elem_language(e,i) _set_elem_language(__LINE__,e,i)
+static void _set_elem_language(unsigned line, IHTMLElement *elem, const char *lang)
+{
+    BSTR str = a2bstr(lang);
+    HRESULT hres;
+
+    hres = IHTMLElement_put_language(elem, str);
+    ok_(__FILE__,line) (hres == S_OK, "get_language failed: %08x\n", hres);
+    SysFreeString(str);
+
+    _test_elem_language(line, elem, lang);
+}
+
 #define test_elem_put_id(u,i) _test_elem_put_id(__LINE__,u,i)
 static void _test_elem_put_id(unsigned line, IUnknown *unk, const char *new_id)
 {
@@ -7135,6 +7165,8 @@ static void test_elems(IHTMLDocument2 *doc)
         hres = IHTMLElement_QueryInterface(elem, &IID_IHTMLScriptElement, (void**)&script);
         ok(hres == S_OK, "Could not get IHTMLScriptElement interface: %08x\n", hres);
 
+        test_elem_language(elem, NULL);
+
         if(hres == S_OK)
         {
             VARIANT_BOOL vb;
@@ -7174,6 +7206,9 @@ static void test_elems(IHTMLDocument2 *doc)
         }
 
         IHTMLScriptElement_Release(script);
+
+        set_elem_language(elem, "vbscript");
+        set_elem_language(elem, "xxx");
     }
 
     elem = get_elem_by_id(doc, "in", TRUE);
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/tests/jstest.html b/dlls/mshtml/tests/jstest.html
index 78611965842..792e28e37cb 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/tests/jstest.html
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/tests/jstest.html
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ function test_whitespace_nodes() {
         "t.rows[0].cells[0].childNodes.length = " + t.rows[0].cells[0].childNodes.length);
 }
 
+function test_language_attribute() {
+    document.body.innerHTML = '<div id="did" language="test"></div>';
+    var elem = document.getElementById("did");
+    ok(elem.language === "test", "elem.language = " + elem.language);
+    elem.language = 1;
+    ok(elem.language === "1", "elem.language = " + elem.language);
+}
+
 var globalVar = false;
 
 function runTests() {
@@ -238,6 +246,7 @@ function runTests() {
     test_forin();
     test_customtag();
     test_whitespace_nodes();
+    test_language_attribute();
 
     var r = window.execScript("globalVar = true;");
     ok(r === undefined, "execScript returned " + r);