diff --git a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v2/ImageImpl.java b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v2/ImageImpl.java
index 83d970e7ef..7bc45974ff 100755
--- a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v2/ImageImpl.java
+++ b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v2/ImageImpl.java
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ protected void initModel() {
         super.initModel();
         boolean altValueFromDAM = properties.get(PN_ALT_VALUE_FROM_DAM, currentStyle.get(PN_ALT_VALUE_FROM_DAM, true));
         boolean titleValueFromDAM = properties.get(PN_TITLE_VALUE_FROM_DAM, currentStyle.get(PN_TITLE_VALUE_FROM_DAM, true));
+        boolean langValueFromDAM = properties.get(PN_LANG_VALUE_FROM_DAM, currentStyle.get(PN_LANG_VALUE_FROM_DAM, true));
         boolean isDmFeaturesEnabled = currentStyle.get(PN_DESIGN_DYNAMIC_MEDIA_ENABLED, false);
         displayPopupTitle = properties.get(PN_DISPLAY_POPUP_TITLE, currentStyle.get(PN_DISPLAY_POPUP_TITLE, true));
         boolean uuidDisabled = currentStyle.get(PN_UUID_DISABLED, false);
@@ -182,6 +183,9 @@ protected void initModel() {
                     if (titleValueFromDAM) {
                         title = StringUtils.trimToNull(asset.getMetadataValue(DamConstants.DC_TITLE));
                     }
+                    if (langValueFromDAM) {
+                        lang = asset.getMetadataValue(DamConstants.DC_LANGUAGE);
+                    }
 
                     //check "Enable DM features" checkbox
                     //check DM asset - check for "dam:scene7File" metadata value
diff --git a/content/src/content/jcr_root/apps/core/wcm/components/image/v3/image/image.html b/content/src/content/jcr_root/apps/core/wcm/components/image/v3/image/image.html
index cd9de21ffa..645646ee59 100644
--- a/content/src/content/jcr_root/apps/core/wcm/components/image/v3/image/image.html
+++ b/content/src/content/jcr_root/apps/core/wcm/components/image/v3/image/image.html
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
      data-cmp-hook-image="imageV3"
      class="cmp-image${!wcmmode.disabled ? ' cq-dd-image' : ''}"
      itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject">
+    <sly data-sly-set.contentLang="${navItem.page.properties.contentLang}"/>
     <a data-sly-unwrap="${!image.imageLink.valid}"
        class="cmp-image__link"
        data-sly-attribute="${image.imageLink.htmlAttributes}"
@@ -37,9 +38,12 @@
              loading="${image.lazyEnabled ? 'lazy' : ''}"
              class="cmp-image__image"
              itemprop="contentUrl"
-             width="${image.width}" height="${image.height}"
+             width="${image.width}"
+             height="${image.height}"
              sizes="${image.sizes}"
-             alt="${image.alt || true}" title="${image.displayPopupTitle && image.title}"/>
+             alt="${image.alt || true}"
+             title="${image.displayPopupTitle && image.title}"
+             lang="${image.lang && image.lang != contentLang ? image.lang : ''}"/>
     </a>
     <span class="cmp-image__title" itemprop="caption" data-sly-test="${!image.displayPopupTitle && image.title}">${image.title}</span>
     <meta itemprop="caption" content="${image.title}" data-sly-test="${image.displayPopupTitle && image.title}">