diff --git a/modules/widgets/follow-button.php b/modules/widgets/follow-button.php
index 54cb5f187d55b..82b7a1c74afd2 100644
--- a/modules/widgets/follow-button.php
+++ b/modules/widgets/follow-button.php
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 		$attributes = array();
 		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'show_name' => 1, 'show_count' => 0 ) );
 
+		$wpcom_locale = get_locale();
+
+		if ( ! class_exists( 'GP_Locales' ) ) {
+			if ( defined( 'JETPACK__GLOTPRESS_LOCALES_PATH' ) && file_exists( JETPACK__GLOTPRESS_LOCALES_PATH ) ) {
+				require JETPACK__GLOTPRESS_LOCALES_PATH;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ( class_exists( 'GP_Locales' ) ) {
+			$wpcom_locale_object = GP_Locales::by_field( 'wp_locale', get_locale() );
+			if ( $wpcom_locale_object instanceof GP_Locale ) {
+				$wpcom_locale = $wpcom_locale_object->slug;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if ( empty( $instance['show_name'] ) ) {
 			$attributes[] = 'data-show-blog-name="false"';
 		}
@@ -41,7 +56,7 @@ public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
 			class="wordpress-follow-button"
 			href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url() ); ?>"
 			data-blog="<?php echo esc_url( home_url() ); ?>"
-			data-lang="<?php echo get_locale(); ?>" <?php if ( ! empty( $attributes ) ) echo implode( ' ', $attributes ); ?>
+			data-lang="<?php echo esc_attr( $wpcom_locale ); ?>" <?php if ( ! empty( $attributes ) ) echo implode( ' ', $attributes ); ?>
 		>
 			<?php sprintf( __( 'Follow %s on WordPress.com', 'jetpack' ), get_bloginfo( 'name' ) ); ?>
 		</a>