diff --git a/bookwyrm/settings.py b/bookwyrm/settings.py
index 8cdf87ff..6c3bb7d2 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/settings.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/settings.py
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 LANGUAGES = [
     ('en-us', _('English')),
     ('fr-fr', _('French')),
+    ('zh-cn', _('Simplified Chinese')),
 ]