diff --git a/conf/locale/config.yaml b/conf/locale/config.yaml
index cfa96ecaca..0975b16a91 100644
--- a/conf/locale/config.yaml
+++ b/conf/locale/config.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 locales:
     - en  # English - Source Language
+    - am  # Amharic
     - ar  # Arabic
     - az  # Azerbaijani
     - bg_BG  # Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 9693db0b27..cde08d7ab5 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ LANGUAGES = (
     ('eo', u'Dummy Language (Esperanto)'),  # Dummy languaged used for testing
     ('fake2', u'Fake translations'),        # Another dummy language for testing (not pushed to prod)
 
+    ('am', u'አማርኛ'),  # Amharic
     ('ar', u'العربية'),  # Arabic
     ('az', u'azərbaycanca'),  # Azerbaijani
     ('bg-bg', u'български (България)'),  # Bulgarian (Bulgaria)