diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e4e58e..26693d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,3 +101,10 @@ Make sure [express](http://www.expressjs.com) and [jade](http://jade-lang.com)
 are installed, then:
 
     $ node app.js
+
+## Alternate to setting the language
+
+If you find that setting your language via the RecaptchaOptions isn't taking effect, you can try setting it in the toHTML function:
+```
+recaptcha.toHTML('fr')
+```
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diff --git a/lib/recaptcha.js b/lib/recaptcha.js
index 17f2555..f3aae8e 100644
--- a/lib/recaptcha.js
+++ b/lib/recaptcha.js
@@ -64,14 +64,15 @@ var Recaptcha = exports.Recaptcha = function Recaptcha(public_key, private_key,
  * @api public
  */
 
-Recaptcha.prototype.toHTML = function() {
+Recaptcha.prototype.toHTML = function(lang) {
+    lang = lang || 'en';
     var query_string = 'k=' + this.public_key;
     if (this.error_code) {
         query_string += '&error=' + this.error_code;
     }
 
-    var script_src = (this.is_secure ? "https://" : "http://") + SCRIPT_SRC + '?' + query_string;
-    var noscript_src = (this.is_secure ? "https://" : "http://") + NOSCRIPT_SRC + '?' + query_string;
+    var script_src = (this.is_secure ? "https://" : "http://") + SCRIPT_SRC + '?' + query_string + '&hl=' + lang;
+    var noscript_src = (this.is_secure ? "https://" : "http://") + NOSCRIPT_SRC + '?' + query_string + '&hl=' + lang;
 
     return '<script type="text/javascript" src="' + script_src + '"></script>' +
            '<noscript><iframe src="' + noscript_src + '" height="300" width="500" ' +
@@ -162,4 +163,4 @@ Recaptcha.prototype.verify = function(callback) {
     });
     request.write(data_qs, 'utf8');
     request.end();
-};
+};
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