diff --git a/code/defines/mob/dead/observer.dm b/code/defines/mob/dead/observer.dm
index 2cecfcf1841..a3cd0a81b58 100644
--- a/code/defines/mob/dead/observer.dm
+++ b/code/defines/mob/dead/observer.dm
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 	canmove = 0
 	blinded = 0
 	anchored = 1	//  don't get pushed around
+	universal_speak = 1	//Ghosts are multi-lingual!
 	var/mob/corpse = null	//	observer mode
 	var/datum/hud/living/carbon/hud = null // hud
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