diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/subprocess.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/subprocess.cc
index bd6be2b09..fd439be9a 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/subprocess.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/subprocess.cc
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ std::string Subprocess::Win32ErrorMessage(DWORD error_code) {
   // WTF?
   FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
                      FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-                 NULL, error_code, 0,
+                 NULL, error_code, MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US),
                  (LPSTR)&message,  // NOT A BUG!
                  0, NULL);