diff --git a/packager/media/base/media_handler_test_base.h b/packager/media/base/media_handler_test_base.h
index 986df5cf6d..0c9755e928 100644
--- a/packager/media/base/media_handler_test_base.h
+++ b/packager/media/base/media_handler_test_base.h
@@ -39,6 +39,23 @@ MATCHER_P3(IsStreamInfo, stream_index, time_scale, encrypted, "") {
          arg->stream_info->is_encrypted() == encrypted;
 }
 
+MATCHER_P4(IsStreamInfo, stream_index, time_scale, encrypted, language, "") {
+  if (arg->stream_data_type != StreamDataType::kStreamInfo) {
+    *result_listener << "which is "
+                     << StreamDataTypeToString(arg->stream_data_type);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  *result_listener << "which is (" << arg->stream_index << ","
+                   << arg->stream_info->time_scale() << ","
+                   << BoolToString(arg->stream_info->is_encrypted()) << ","
+                   << arg->stream_info->language() << ")";
+  return arg->stream_index == stream_index &&
+         arg->stream_info->time_scale() == time_scale &&
+         arg->stream_info->is_encrypted() == encrypted &&
+         arg->stream_info->language() == language;
+}
+
 MATCHER_P5(IsSegmentInfo,
            stream_index,
            start_timestamp,
diff --git a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser.cc b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser.cc
index ff5771dbf4..e0315f0b56 100644
--- a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser.cc
+++ b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser.cc
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ bool MaybeCueId(const std::string& line) {
 }
 }  // namespace
 
-WebVttParser::WebVttParser(std::unique_ptr<FileReader> source)
-    : reader_(std::move(source)) {}
+WebVttParser::WebVttParser(std::unique_ptr<FileReader> source,
+                           const std::string& language)
+    : reader_(std::move(source)), language_(language) {}
 
 Status WebVttParser::InitializeInternal() {
   return Status::OK;
@@ -186,17 +187,13 @@ Status WebVttParser::DispatchTextStreamInfo() {
   // work nicely with the current demuxer.
   const int kDuration = 0;
 
-  // There is no one metadata to determine what the language is. Parts
-  // of the text may be annotated as some specific language.
-  const char kLanguage[] = "";
-
   const char kWebVttCodecString[] = "wvtt";
 
   StreamInfo* info = new TextStreamInfo(0, kTimescale, kDuration, kCodecWebVtt,
                                         kWebVttCodecString, "",
                                         0,  // width
                                         0,  // height
-                                        kLanguage);
+                                        language_);
 
   return DispatchStreamInfo(0, std::shared_ptr<StreamInfo>(info));
 }
diff --git a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser.h b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser.h
index 2359c54e75..16351fcee2 100644
--- a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser.h
+++ b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace media {
 // Used to parse a WebVTT source into Cues that will be sent downstream.
 class WebVttParser : public OriginHandler {
  public:
-  explicit WebVttParser(std::unique_ptr<FileReader> source);
+  WebVttParser(std::unique_ptr<FileReader> source, const std::string& language);
 
   Status Run() override;
   void Cancel() override;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class WebVttParser : public OriginHandler {
   Status DispatchTextStreamInfo();
 
   BlockReader reader_;
+  std::string language_;
   bool keep_reading_ = true;
 };
 
diff --git a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser_unittest.cc b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser_unittest.cc
index 786fdc05bc..64aa5029cb 100644
--- a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser_unittest.cc
+++ b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_parser_unittest.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 namespace shaka {
 namespace media {
 namespace {
+const char kLanguage[] = "en";
 const size_t kInputCount = 0;
 const size_t kOutputCount = 1;
 const size_t kOutputIndex = 0;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class WebVttParserTest : public MediaHandlerTestBase {
     std::unique_ptr<FileReader> reader;
     ASSERT_OK(FileReader::Open(kFilename, &reader));
 
-    parser_ = std::make_shared<WebVttParser>(std::move(reader));
+    parser_ = std::make_shared<WebVttParser>(std::move(reader), kLanguage);
 
     ASSERT_OK(MediaHandlerTestBase::SetUpAndInitializeGraph(
         parser_, kInputCount, kOutputCount));
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ TEST_F(WebVttParserTest, ParseOnlyHeader) {
   {
     testing::InSequence s;
     EXPECT_CALL(*Output(kOutputIndex),
-                OnProcess(IsStreamInfo(kStreamIndex, kTimeScale, !kEncrypted)));
+                OnProcess(IsStreamInfo(kStreamIndex, kTimeScale, !kEncrypted,
+                                       kLanguage)));
     EXPECT_CALL(*Output(kOutputIndex), OnFlush(kStreamIndex));
   }
 
diff --git a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_pipeline_unittest.cc b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_pipeline_unittest.cc
index 565858891c..77ac09e6da 100644
--- a/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_pipeline_unittest.cc
+++ b/packager/media/formats/webvtt/webvtt_pipeline_unittest.cc
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ TEST(WebVttTextPipelineTest, SegmentedOutput) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(File::WriteStringToFile(kInputFile, kInput));
   std::unique_ptr<FileReader> reader;
   ASSERT_OK(FileReader::Open(kInputFile, &reader));
-  std::shared_ptr<OriginHandler> parser(new WebVttParser(std::move(reader)));
+  const char kLanguage[] = "en";
+  std::shared_ptr<OriginHandler> parser(
+      new WebVttParser(std::move(reader), kLanguage));
 
   std::shared_ptr<MediaHandler> segmenter(
       new WebVttSegmenter(kSegmentDuration));
diff --git a/packager/packager.cc b/packager/packager.cc
index f53e6cc910..6afad69d72 100644
--- a/packager/packager.cc
+++ b/packager/packager.cc
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ Status CreateHlsTextJob(const StreamDescriptor& stream,
     return open_status;
   }
 
-  std::shared_ptr<OriginHandler> parser(new WebVttParser(std::move(reader)));
+  std::shared_ptr<OriginHandler> parser(
+      new WebVttParser(std::move(reader), stream.language));
   std::shared_ptr<MediaHandler> segmenter(
       new WebVttSegmenter(segment_length_in_ms));
 
@@ -460,7 +461,8 @@ Status CreateWebVttToMp4TextJob(const StreamDescriptor& stream,
     return status;
   }
 
-  std::shared_ptr<OriginHandler> parser(new WebVttParser(std::move(reader)));
+  std::shared_ptr<OriginHandler> parser(
+      new WebVttParser(std::move(reader), stream.language));
   std::shared_ptr<MediaHandler> text_to_mp4(new WebVttToMp4Handler);
   std::shared_ptr<MediaHandler> chunker(
       new ChunkingHandler(packaging_params.chunking_params));