diff --git a/lib/languages b/lib/languages
index 6ed813da18..13b0e4ee38 100644
--- a/lib/languages
+++ b/lib/languages
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ End
 Language arabic_arabi
 	GuiName          "Arabic (Arabi)"
 	BabelName        arabic
+	BabelProvide     2
 	PolyglossiaName  arabic
 	QuoteStyle       french
 	Encoding         cp1256
@@ -706,6 +707,7 @@ End
 Language farsi
 	GuiName          "Farsi"
 	BabelName        farsi
+	BabelProvide     2
 	PolyglossiaName  persian
 	XindyName        persian
 	Encoding         utf8