diff --git a/docs/user/locale/Country.dox b/docs/user/locale/Country.dox
index a7f47691c6..9c690d1b6f 100644
--- a/docs/user/locale/Country.dox
+++ b/docs/user/locale/Country.dox
@@ -117,6 +117,19 @@
 */
 
 
+/*!
+	\fn status_t BCountry::GetPreferredLanguage(BLanguage& language) const
+	\brief Get the most likely language to use in that country.
+
+	\param language A reference to a BLanguage to set to the preferred language.
+
+	\returns A status code, B_OK if everything went fine, or an error code
+	         otherwise.
+
+	\since Haiku R1
+*/
+
+
 /*!
 	\fn const char* BCountry::Code() const
 	\brief Gets the ISO country code for the country.
diff --git a/headers/os/locale/Country.h b/headers/os/locale/Country.h
index ae41f5351f..a0fd5243d0 100644
--- a/headers/os/locale/Country.h
+++ b/headers/os/locale/Country.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public:
 			status_t			GetName(BString& name,
 									const BLanguage* displayLanguage = NULL
 									) const;
+			status_t			GetPreferredLanguage(BLanguage&) const;
 
 			const char*			Code() const;
 									// ISO-3166
diff --git a/src/kits/locale/Country.cpp b/src/kits/locale/Country.cpp
index 24427f35c2..a292ed81ce 100644
--- a/src/kits/locale/Country.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/locale/Country.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,35 @@ BCountry::GetName(BString& name, const BLanguage* displayLanguage) const
 }
 
 
+status_t
+BCountry::GetPreferredLanguage(BLanguage& language) const
+{
+#if __GNUC__ == 2
+	return ENOSYS;
+#else
+	status_t status = InitCheck();
+	if (status != B_OK)
+		return status;
+
+	icu::Locale* languageLocale = fICULocale->clone();
+	if (languageLocale == NULL)
+		return B_NO_MEMORY;
+
+	UErrorCode icuError = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+	languageLocale->addLikelySubtags(icuError);
+
+	if (U_FAILURE(icuError))
+		return B_ERROR;
+
+	status = language.SetTo(languageLocale->getLanguage());
+
+	delete languageLocale;
+
+	return status;
+#endif
+}
+
+
 const char*
 BCountry::Code() const
 {