diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
index f5e30d22d..93c9dc5ac 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
             mediagen_url += '&' if '?' in mediagen_url else '?'
             mediagen_url += 'acceptMethods='
             mediagen_url += 'hls' if use_hls else 'fms'
+        if (self._LANG):
+            mediagen_url += '&' if '?' in mediagen_url else '?'
+            mediagen_url += 'lang='+ self._LANG
 
         mediagen_doc = self._download_xml(
             mediagen_url, video_id, 'Downloading video urls', fatal=False)