diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 79620234af..c0843a0c73 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ android {
         }
     }
 
+    androidResources {
+        generateLocaleConfig true
+    }
+
     buildFeatures {
         aidl true
         buildConfig true
@@ -204,15 +208,18 @@ android {
         .toArray()
 
     buildTypes {
+        all {
+            signingConfig releaseSigning
+            pseudoLocalesEnabled true
+        }
+
         debug {
             applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
             resValue("string", "derived_app_name", "Lawnchair (Debug)")
-            signingConfig releaseSigning
         }
 
         release {
             resValue("string", "derived_app_name", "Lawnchair")
-            signingConfig releaseSigning
             minifyEnabled true
             shrinkResources true
             proguardFiles proguardFilesFromAosp + "proguard.pro"
diff --git a/res/resources.properties b/res/resources.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..467b3efec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/resources.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unqualifiedResLocale=en-US