diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Identification/Distance.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Identification/Distance.cs
index 0d5c0b7a5..246c95d1d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Identification/Distance.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Identification/Distance.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class Distance
             { "media_format", 1.0 },
             { "year", 1.0 },
             { "country", 0.5 },
+            { "language", 5.0 },
             { "label", 0.5 },
             { "catalog_number", 0.5 },
             { "book_disambiguation", 0.5 },
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Identification/DistanceCalculator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Identification/DistanceCalculator.cs
index 57656c20f..ed0eaeebc 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Identification/DistanceCalculator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/BookImport/Identification/DistanceCalculator.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Instrumentation;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Books;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Books.Calibre;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Parser;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model;
 
@@ -113,6 +114,15 @@ public static Distance BookDistance(List<LocalBook> localTracks, Edition edition
                 Logger.Trace($"year: {localYear} vs {edition.ReleaseDate?.Year}; {dist.NormalizedDistance()}");
             }
 
+            // Language - only if set for both the local book and remote edition
+            var localLanguage = localTracks.MostCommon(x => x.FileTrackInfo.Language).CanonicalizeLanguage();
+            var editionLanguage = edition.Language.CanonicalizeLanguage();
+            if (localLanguage.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace() && editionLanguage.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
+            {
+                dist.AddBool("language", localLanguage != editionLanguage);
+                Logger.Trace($"language: {localLanguage} vs {editionLanguage}; {dist.NormalizedDistance()}");
+            }
+
             return dist;
         }