diff --git a/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm b/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
index f8934549d0..b307e66b39 100644
--- a/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
+++ b/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 
 /datum/language_holder/synthetic
 	languages = list(/datum/language/common)
-	shadow_languages = list(/datum/language/common, /datum/language/machine, /datum/language/draconic, /datum/language/slime)
+	shadow_languages = list(/datum/language/common, /datum/language/machine, /datum/language/draconic, /datum/language/slime, /datum/language/dwarf)
 
 /datum/language_holder/empty
 	languages = list()