diff --git a/player/command.c b/player/command.c
index e4f7341496f7f..9b2d89af2d53f 100644
--- a/player/command.c
+++ b/player/command.c
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ static char *append_track_info(char *res, struct track *track)
 {
     res = talloc_strdup_append(res, track->selected ? list_current : list_normal);
     res = talloc_asprintf_append(res, "(%d) ", track->user_tid);
-    res = talloc_strdup_append(res, mp_format_track_metadata(res, track));
+    res = talloc_strdup_append(res, mp_format_track_metadata(res, track, true));
 
     return res;
 }
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ static char *append_track_info(char *res, struct track *track)
     first = false;                                                     \
 } while(0)
 
-char *mp_format_track_metadata(void *ctx, struct track *t)
+char *mp_format_track_metadata(void *ctx, struct track *t, bool add_lang)
 {
     struct sh_stream *s = t->stream;
     bstr dst = {0};
@@ -2122,7 +2122,13 @@ char *mp_format_track_metadata(void *ctx, struct track *t)
         bstr_xappend_asprintf(ctx, &dst, " '%s'", t->title);
 
     const char *codec = s ? s->codec->codec : NULL;
-    bstr_xappend_asprintf(ctx, &dst, " (%s", codec ? codec : "<unknown>");
+
+    bstr_xappend0(ctx, &dst, " (");
+
+    if (add_lang && t->lang)
+        bstr_xappend_asprintf(ctx, &dst, "%s ", t->lang);
+
+    bstr_xappend0(ctx, &dst, codec ? codec : "<unknown>");
 
     if (s && s->codec->codec_profile)
         bstr_xappend_asprintf(ctx, &dst, " [%s]", s->codec->codec_profile);
diff --git a/player/command.h b/player/command.h
index 24e3e8f98a6a8..17c62cae96622 100644
--- a/player/command.h
+++ b/player/command.h
@@ -126,6 +126,6 @@ void mp_abort_cache_dumping(struct MPContext *mpctx);
 // U+25CF BLACK CIRCLE
 #define WHITE_CIRCLE "\xe2\x97\x8b"
 #define BLACK_CIRCLE "\xe2\x97\x8f"
-char *mp_format_track_metadata(void *ctx, struct track *t);
+char *mp_format_track_metadata(void *ctx, struct track *t, bool add_lang);
 
 #endif /* MPLAYER_COMMAND_H */
diff --git a/player/loadfile.c b/player/loadfile.c
index d8e29716c22c1..c71f82ba45812 100644
--- a/player/loadfile.c
+++ b/player/loadfile.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static void print_stream(struct MPContext *mpctx, struct track *t, bool indent)
     }
 
     void *ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
-    APPEND(b, " %s", mp_format_track_metadata(ctx, t));
+    APPEND(b, " %s", mp_format_track_metadata(ctx, t, false));
     talloc_free(ctx);
 
     MP_INFO(mpctx, "%s\n", b);