diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index 783b169291..3c25ff026b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ import { Version } from './shared/version.model';
 import { VersionHistory } from './shared/version-history.model';
 import { WorkflowActionDataService } from './data/workflow-action-data.service';
 import { WorkflowAction } from './tasks/models/workflow-action-object.model';
+import { LocaleInterceptor } from './locale/locale.interceptor';
 
 /**
  * When not in production, endpoint responses can be mocked for testing purposes
@@ -272,6 +273,12 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
     useClass: AuthInterceptor,
     multi: true
   },
+  // register LocaleInterceptor as HttpInterceptor
+  {
+    provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
+    useClass: LocaleInterceptor,
+    multi: true
+  },
   NotificationsService,
   FilteredDiscoveryPageResponseParsingService,
   { provide: NativeWindowService, useFactory: NativeWindowFactory }
diff --git a/src/app/core/locale/locale.interceptor.spec.ts b/src/app/core/locale/locale.interceptor.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..952cbf9952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/locale/locale.interceptor.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { HttpClientTestingModule, HttpTestingController, } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
+import { HTTP_INTERCEPTORS } from '@angular/common/http';
+
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
+import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/rest-request-method';
+import { LocaleService } from './locale.service';
+import { LocaleInterceptor } from './locale.interceptor';
+
+describe(`LocaleInterceptor`, () => {
+  let service: DSpaceRESTv2Service;
+  let httpMock: HttpTestingController;
+  let localeService: any;
+
+  function getMockLocaleService(): LocaleService {
+    return jasmine.createSpyObj('LocaleService', {
+      getCurrentLanguageCode: jasmine.createSpy('getCurrentLanguageCode')
+    })
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [HttpClientTestingModule],
+      providers: [
+        DSpaceRESTv2Service,
+        {
+          provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
+          useClass: LocaleInterceptor,
+          multi: true,
+        },
+        {provide: LocaleService, useValue: getMockLocaleService()},
+      ],
+    });
+
+    service = TestBed.get(DSpaceRESTv2Service);
+    httpMock = TestBed.get(HttpTestingController);
+    localeService = TestBed.get(LocaleService);
+
+    localeService.getCurrentLanguageCode.and.returnValue('en')
+  });
+
+  describe('', () => {
+
+    it('should add an Accept-Language header when we’re sending an HTTP POST request', () => {
+      service.request(RestRequestMethod.POST, 'server/api/submission/workspaceitems', 'test').subscribe((response) => {
+        expect(response).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+
+      const httpRequest = httpMock.expectOne(`server/api/submission/workspaceitems`);
+
+      expect(httpRequest.request.headers.has('Accept-Language'));
+      const lang = httpRequest.request.headers.get('Accept-Language');
+      expect(lang).toBe('en');
+    });
+
+    it('should add an Accept-Language header when we’re sending an HTTP GET request', () => {
+      service.request(RestRequestMethod.GET, 'server/api/submission/workspaceitems/123').subscribe((response) => {
+        expect(response).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+
+      const httpRequest = httpMock.expectOne(`server/api/submission/workspaceitems/123`);
+
+      expect(httpRequest.request.headers.has('Accept-Language'));
+      const lang = httpRequest.request.headers.get('Accept-Language');
+      expect(lang).toBe('en');
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/locale/locale.interceptor.ts b/src/app/core/locale/locale.interceptor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2a10f5b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/locale/locale.interceptor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { HttpEvent, HttpHandler, HttpInterceptor, HttpRequest } from '@angular/common/http';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+
+import { LocaleService } from './locale.service';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class LocaleInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
+
+  constructor(private localeService: LocaleService) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Intercept method
+   * @param req
+   * @param next
+   */
+  intercept(req: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
+    let newReq: HttpRequest<any>;
+
+    // Clone the request to add the new header.
+    newReq = req.clone({
+      headers: req.headers
+        .set('Accept-Language', this.localeService.getCurrentLanguageCode())
+    });
+
+    // Pass on the new request instead of the original request.
+    return next.handle(newReq);
+  }
+}