diff --git a/src/CutAndPaste.cpp b/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
index 7c158453ee..561e3e4b57 100644
--- a/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
+++ b/src/CutAndPaste.cpp
@@ -1225,6 +1225,10 @@ bool pasteClipboardText(Cursor & cur, ErrorList & errorList, bool asParagraphs,
 				Buffer buffer("", false);
 				buffer.setUnnamed(true);
 				available = buffer.importString(names[i], text, errorList);
+				// TeX2lyx (also used in the HTML chain) assumes English as document language
+				// if no language is explicitly set (as is the case here).
+				// We thus reset the temp buffer's language to the context language
+				buffer.changeLanguage(buffer.language(), cur.getFont().language());
 				if (available)
 					available = !buffer.paragraphs().empty();
 				if (available && !buffer.paragraphs()[0].empty()) {