diff --git a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
index 5d6da0c77..afedd396d 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ class GrampsLocale(object):
         _ = self.translation.gettext
         if not self._lang_map:
             self._lang_map = {
+                "ar" : _("Arabic"),
                 "bg" : _("Bulgarian"),
                 "ca" : _("Catalan"),
                 "cs" : _("Czech"),
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index caa819f1c..6c03cb958 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ from stat import ST_MODE
 import io
 from gramps.version import VERSION
 
-ALL_LINGUAS = ('bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en_GB', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he',
-               'hr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'lt', 'nb', 'nl', 'nn', 'pl', 'pt_BR',
+ALL_LINGUAS = ('ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en_GB', 'es', 'fi', 'fr',
+               'he', 'hr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'lt', 'nb', 'nl', 'nn', 'pl', 'pt_BR',
                'pt_PT', 'ru', 'sk', 'sl', 'sq', 'sv', 'uk', 'vi', 'zh_CN')
 INTLTOOL_FILES = ('data/tips.xml', 'gramps/plugins/lib/holidays.xml')