diff --git a/src/android/src/com/pushwoosh/plugin/pushnotifications/PushNotifications.java b/src/android/src/com/pushwoosh/plugin/pushnotifications/PushNotifications.java
index c5b3d0b7..4ac49f32 100644
--- a/src/android/src/com/pushwoosh/plugin/pushnotifications/PushNotifications.java
+++ b/src/android/src/com/pushwoosh/plugin/pushnotifications/PushNotifications.java
@@ -219,6 +219,21 @@ public void process(@NonNull final Result<String, UnregisterForPushNotificationE
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	@CordovaMethod
+	private boolean setLanguage(JSONArray data, final CallbackContext callbackContext)
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			String language = data.getString(0);
+			Pushwoosh.getInstance().setLanguage(language);
+		}
+		catch (JSONException e)
+		{
+			PWLog.error(TAG, "No parameters passed (missing parameters)", e);
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	@CordovaMethod
 	private boolean setTags(JSONArray data, final CallbackContext callbackContext) {
 		JSONObject params;
diff --git a/src/ios/PushNotification.m b/src/ios/PushNotification.m
index 91a3f579..caa4159f 100755
--- a/src/ios/PushNotification.m
+++ b/src/ios/PushNotification.m
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ - (void)unregisterDevice:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command {
     }];
 }
 
+- (void)setLanguage:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command {
+    NSString *language = command.arguments[0];
+    [[Pushwoosh sharedInstance] setLanguage:language];
+}
+
 - (void)startBeaconPushes:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand *)command {
 	CDVPluginResult *pluginResult = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsDictionary:@{ @"error" : @"Beacon tracking is not supported" }];
 	[self.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:pluginResult callbackId:command.callbackId];
diff --git a/www/PushNotification.js b/www/PushNotification.js
index 640eccf6..7c510df7 100755
--- a/www/PushNotification.js
+++ b/www/PushNotification.js
@@ -273,6 +273,17 @@ PushNotification.prototype.clearLaunchNotification = function(callback) {
 	exec(callback, callback, "PushNotification", "clearLaunchNotification", []);
 };
 
+//Function: setLanguage
+//[android, ios] Set custom application language (as opposed to the default system language).
+//This allows sending localized push messages
+//
+//Parameters:
+// "language" - string containing language code, i.e. "en", "fr"
+//
+PushNotification.prototype.setLanguage = function(language) {
+	exec(null, null, "PushNotification", "setLanguage", [language]);
+};
+
 //Function: setUserId
 //[android, ios] Set User indentifier. This could be Facebook ID, username or email, or any other user ID.
 //This allows data and events to be matched across multiple user devices.