diff --git a/src/GF/Speech/PrSRGS.hs b/src/GF/Speech/PrSRGS.hs
index 3604f34cd..4044f097f 100644
--- a/src/GF/Speech/PrSRGS.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Speech/PrSRGS.hs
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ srgsXmlPrinter name opts probs cfg = prSrgsXml srg ""
     where srg = makeSRG name opts probs cfg
 
 prSrgsXml :: SRG -> ShowS
-prSrgsXml (SRG{grammarName=name,startCat=start,origStartCat=origStart,rules=rs})
+prSrgsXml (SRG{grammarName=name,startCat=start,
+               origStartCat=origStart,grammarLanguage=l,rules=rs})
     = header . showsXML xmlGr
     where
     header = showString "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>"
     root = prCat start
-    xmlGr = grammar root (comments 
+    xmlGr = grammar root l (comments 
 			  ["SRGS XML speech recognition grammar for " ++ name,
 			   "Generated by GF",
 			   "Original start category: " ++ origStart]
@@ -78,16 +79,14 @@ oneOf :: [XML] -> XML
 oneOf [x] = x
 oneOf xs = Tag "one-of" [] xs
 
--- FIXME: what about xml:lang?
 grammar :: String  -- ^ root
+        -> String -- ^languageq
 	-> [XML] -> XML
-grammar root = Tag "grammar" [("xmlns","http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar"),
-			      ("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"),
-			      ("xsi:schemaLocation",
-			       "http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/grammar.xsd"),
-			      ("version","1.0"),
-			      ("mode","voice"),
-			      ("root",root)]
+grammar root l = Tag "grammar" [("xml:lang", l),
+                                ("xmlns","http://www.w3.org/2001/06/grammar"),
+			        ("version","1.0"),
+			        ("mode","voice"),
+			        ("root",root)]
 
 comments :: [String] -> [XML]
 comments = map Comment
diff --git a/src/GF/Speech/SRG.hs b/src/GF/Speech/SRG.hs
index 51c01df01..8bc4f68e1 100644
--- a/src/GF/Speech/SRG.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Speech/SRG.hs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import Data.FiniteMap
 data SRG = SRG { grammarName :: String    -- ^ grammar name
 		 , startCat :: String     -- ^ start category name
 		 , origStartCat :: String -- ^ original start category name
+                 , grammarLanguage :: String -- ^ The language for which the grammar 
+                                             --   is intended, e.g. en_UK
 	         , rules :: [SRGRule] 
 	       }
 	 deriving (Eq,Show)
@@ -64,10 +66,12 @@ makeSRG i opts probs gr
     = SRG { grammarName = name,
 	    startCat = lookupFM_ names origStart,
 	    origStartCat = origStart,
+            grammarLanguage = l,
 	    rules = rs }
     where 
     name = prIdent i
     origStart = getStartCat opts
+    l = fromMaybe "en_UK" (getOptVal opts speechLanguage)
     gr' = removeLeftRecursion $ removeIdenticalRules $ removeEmptyCats $ cfgToCFRules gr
     (cats,cfgRules) = unzip gr'
     names = mkCatNames name cats