diff --git a/django_rq/settings.py b/django_rq/settings.py
index 57bc78de..fa50ace3 100644
--- a/django_rq/settings.py
+++ b/django_rq/settings.py
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@
 
 # Token for querying statistics
 API_TOKEN = getattr(settings, 'RQ_API_TOKEN', '')
+
+# Activate locale for each task
+RQ_USE_L10N = getattr(settings, 'RQ_USE_L10N', settings.USE_L10N)
+# Use specified language code to activate locale
+RQ_LANGUAGE_CODE = getattr(settings, 'RQ_LANGUAGE_CODE', settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
diff --git a/django_rq/workers.py b/django_rq/workers.py
index 0686e102..e31b4663 100644
--- a/django_rq/workers.py
+++ b/django_rq/workers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+from django.conf import settings as django_settings
+from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.translation import activate
 from rq import Worker
 from rq.utils import import_attribute
 
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.utils import six
-
+from . import settings
 from .jobs import get_job_class
 from .queues import filter_connection_params, get_connection, get_queues
 
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ def get_worker(*queue_names, **kwargs):
     # normalize queue_class to what get_queues returns
     queue_class = queues[0].__class__
     worker_class = get_worker_class(kwargs.pop('worker_class', None))
+    if settings.RQ_USE_L10N:
+        activate(getattr(settings, 'RQ_LANGUAGE_CODE', django_settings.LANGUAGE_CODE))
     return worker_class(queues,
                         connection=queues[0].connection,
                         exception_handlers=get_exception_handlers() or None,