diff --git a/lib/public/util.php b/lib/public/util.php
index 8f4691eeade4750ea85a0cafb059b726d6bb20a7..ff8c743c0df56cd60ba07c16d5070e61d8451d1b 100644
--- a/lib/public/util.php
+++ b/lib/public/util.php
@@ -128,10 +128,11 @@ class Util {
 	/**
 	 * get l10n object
 	 * @param string $application
+	 * @param string|null $language
 	 * @return \OC_L10N
 	 */
-	public static function getL10N( $application ) {
-		return \OC_L10N::get( $application );
+	public static function getL10N($application, $language = null) {
+		return \OC_L10N::get($application, $language);
 	}
 
 	/**