diff --git a/strongarm.module b/strongarm.module
index fd91e9c..86790c1 100644
--- a/strongarm.module
+++ b/strongarm.module
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
  * Implementation of hook_init().
  */
 function strongarm_init() {
+  $mode = variable_get('language_negotiation', LANGUAGE_NEGOTIATION_NONE);
   strongarm_set_conf();
-
+  if ($mode != variable_get('language_negotiation', LANGUAGE_NEGOTIATION_NONE)) {
+    drupal_init_language();
+  }
   // This is a workaround for the very early check of the 'site_frontpage'
   // variable in the Drupal bootstrap process. The workaround re-runs
   // drupal_init_path() to ensure the strongarm'ed version of