diff --git a/src/Humanizer/Configuration/Configurator.cs b/src/Humanizer/Configuration/Configurator.cs
index d6c266c7e..25f24970a 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer/Configuration/Configurator.cs
+++ b/src/Humanizer/Configuration/Configurator.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public static class Configurator
         /// <summary>
         /// A registry of formatters used to format strings based on the current locale
         /// </summary>
-        public static LocaliserRegistry<IFormatter> Formatters { get; } = new FormatterRegistry();
+        public static LocaliserRegistry<IFormatter> Formatters { get; } = FormatterRegistry.CreateInstance();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// A registry of number to words converters used to localise ToWords and ToOrdinalWords methods
diff --git a/src/Humanizer/Configuration/FormatterRegistry.cs b/src/Humanizer/Configuration/FormatterRegistry.cs
index b7c1e66ca..31a7c67b0 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer/Configuration/FormatterRegistry.cs
+++ b/src/Humanizer/Configuration/FormatterRegistry.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,27 @@
 {
     class FormatterRegistry : LocaliserRegistry<IFormatter>
     {
-        public FormatterRegistry() : base(new DefaultFormatter("en-US"))
+        public static FormatterRegistry CreateInstance()
         {
+            try
+            {
+                return new FormatterRegistry(new DefaultFormatter("en-US"), false);
+            }
+            catch (CultureNotFoundException)
+            {
+                // InvariantGlobalization is enabled, there is only one culture.
+                return new FormatterRegistry(new DefaultFormatter(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private FormatterRegistry(IFormatter defaultFormatter, bool globalizationInvariant)
+            : base(defaultFormatter)
+        {
+            if (globalizationInvariant)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             Register("ar", new ArabicFormatter());
             Register("de", new GermanFormatter());
             Register("he", new HebrewFormatter());
diff --git a/src/Humanizer/Localisation/Formatters/DefaultFormatter.cs b/src/Humanizer/Localisation/Formatters/DefaultFormatter.cs
index a336cf399..de349d4bb 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer/Localisation/Formatters/DefaultFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Humanizer/Localisation/Formatters/DefaultFormatter.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ public class DefaultFormatter : IFormatter
         public DefaultFormatter(string localeCode) =>
             _culture = new(localeCode);
 
+        /// <param name="culture">Culture to use.</param>
+        internal DefaultFormatter(CultureInfo culture) =>
+            _culture = culture;
+
         public virtual string DateHumanize_Now() =>
             GetResourceForDate(TimeUnit.Millisecond, Tense.Past, 0);