diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 1980202..c459121 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
           resolves issue #161)
   ADDED: An auto-population option to the loaddata command.
          (resolves issue #160)
+  ADDED: A MODELTRANSLATION_LOADDATA_RETAIN_LOCALE setting for loaddata
+         command to leave locale alone.
+         (resolves issue #151)
 
   FIXED: Compatibility with Django 1.6 development version.
          (resolves issue #169)
diff --git a/docs/modeltranslation/commands.rst b/docs/modeltranslation/commands.rst
index d3becf5..531e9c8 100644
--- a/docs/modeltranslation/commands.rst
+++ b/docs/modeltranslation/commands.rst
@@ -76,3 +76,7 @@ Allowed modes are listed :ref:`here <auto-population-modes>`. To choose ``False`
 
     If ``populate`` is not specified, then current auto-population mode is used. *Current* means
     the one set by :ref:`settings <settings-modeltranslation_auto_populate>`.
+
+Moreover, this ``loaddata`` command version can override the nasty habit of changing locale to
+`en-us`. By default, it will retain proper locale. To get back to old behaviour, set
+:ref:`settings-modeltranslation_loaddata_retain_locale` to ``False``.
diff --git a/docs/modeltranslation/installation.rst b/docs/modeltranslation/installation.rst
index c23aa98..a05e265 100644
--- a/docs/modeltranslation/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/modeltranslation/installation.rst
@@ -318,3 +318,17 @@ Default: ``True``
 .. versionadded:: 0.6
 
 Control if :ref:`fallback <fallback>` (both language and value) will occur.
+
+
+.. _settings-modeltranslation_loaddata_retain_locale:
+
+``MODELTRANSLATION_LOADDATA_RETAIN_LOCALE``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Default: ``True``
+
+.. versionadded:: 0.7
+
+Control if the ``loaddata`` command should leave the settings-defined locale alone. Setting it
+to ``False`` will result in previous behaviour of ``loaddata``: inserting fixtures to database
+under `en-us` locale.
diff --git a/modeltranslation/management/commands/loaddata.py b/modeltranslation/management/commands/loaddata.py
index 0ddb46f..5912bd0 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/management/commands/loaddata.py
+++ b/modeltranslation/management/commands/loaddata.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-from __future__ import with_statement
 from optparse import make_option, OptionValueError
 
+from django import VERSION
 from django.core.management.commands.loaddata import Command as LoadDataCommand
 
+# Because this command is used (instead of default loaddata), then settings have been imported
+# and we can safely import MT modules
+from modeltranslation import settings as mt_settings
 from modeltranslation.utils import auto_populate
 
 
@@ -19,6 +22,8 @@ def check_mode(option, opt_str, value, parser):
 
 
 class Command(LoadDataCommand):
+    leave_locale_alone = mt_settings.LOADDATA_RETAIN_LOCALE  # Django 1.6
+
     option_list = LoadDataCommand.option_list + (
         make_option('--populate', action='callback', callback=check_mode, dest='populate',
                     type='string',
@@ -26,7 +31,17 @@ class Command(LoadDataCommand):
                     'auto-population MODE. Allowed values are: %s' % ALLOWED_FOR_PRINT),
     )
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(Command, self).__init__()
+        if mt_settings.LOADDATA_RETAIN_LOCALE and VERSION < (1, 6):
+            from django.utils import translation
+            self.locale = translation.get_language()
+
     def handle(self, *fixture_labels, **options):
+        if self.can_import_settings and hasattr(self, 'locale'):
+            from django.utils import translation
+            translation.activate(self.locale)
+
         mode = options.get('populate')
         if mode is not None:
             with auto_populate(mode):
diff --git a/modeltranslation/settings.py b/modeltranslation/settings.py
index c51fb58..68b3997 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/settings.py
+++ b/modeltranslation/settings.py
@@ -51,3 +51,5 @@ for key, value in FALLBACK_LANGUAGES.items():
             raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                 'MODELTRANSLATION_FALLBACK_LANGUAGES: "%s" not in LANGUAGES setting.' % lang)
 ENABLE_FALLBACKS = getattr(settings, 'MODELTRANSLATION_ENABLE_FALLBACKS', True)
+
+LOADDATA_RETAIN_LOCALE = getattr(settings, 'MODELTRANSLATION_LOADDATA_RETAIN_LOCALE', True)