diff --git a/classes/pref/feeds.php b/classes/pref/feeds.php
index efa2c2af9..01197d92c 100644
--- a/classes/pref/feeds.php
+++ b/classes/pref/feeds.php
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
+	public static $feed_languages = array("English", "Danish", "Dutch", "Finnish", "French", "German", "Hungarian", "Italian", "Norwegian",
+		"Portuguese", "Russian", "Spanish", "Swedish", "Turkish", "Simple");
 
 	function csrf_ignore($method) {
 		$csrf_ignored = array("index", "getfeedtree", "add", "editcats", "editfeed",
@@ -593,6 +595,18 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 				'dojoType="dijit.form.Select"');
 		}
 
+		/* FTS Stemming Language */
+
+		if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
+			$feed_language = $this->dbh->fetch_result($result, 0, "feed_language");
+
+			print "<hr/>";
+
+			print __('Language:') . " ";
+			print_select("feed_language", $feed_language, $this::$feed_languages,
+				'dojoType="dijit.form.Select"');
+		}
+
 		print "</div>";
 
 		print "<div class=\"dlgSec\">".__("Update")."</div>";
@@ -807,6 +821,18 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		}
 
+		/* FTS Stemming Language */
+
+		if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
+			print "<hr/>";
+
+			print __('Language:') . " ";
+			print_select("feed_language", "", $this::$feed_languages,
+				'disabled="1" dojoType="dijit.form.Select"');
+
+			$this->batch_edit_cbox("feed_language");
+		}
+
 		print "</div>";
 
 		print "<div class=\"dlgSec\">".__("Update")."</div>";
@@ -938,6 +964,8 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 		$mark_unread_on_update = checkbox_to_sql_bool(
 			$this->dbh->escape_string($_POST["mark_unread_on_update"]));
 
+		$feed_language = $this->dbh->escape_string(trim($_POST["feed_language"]));
+
 		if (strlen(FEED_CRYPT_KEY) > 0) {
 			require_once "crypt.php";
 			$auth_pass = substr(encrypt_string($auth_pass), 0, 250);
@@ -976,7 +1004,8 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 				hide_images = $hide_images,
 				include_in_digest = $include_in_digest,
 				always_display_enclosures = $always_display_enclosures,
-				mark_unread_on_update = $mark_unread_on_update
+				mark_unread_on_update = $mark_unread_on_update,
+				feed_language = '$feed_language'
 			WHERE id = '$feed_id' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
 
 			PluginHost::getInstance()->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_PREFS_SAVE_FEED,
@@ -1051,6 +1080,10 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 						$qpart = $category_qpart_nocomma;
 						break;
 
+					case "feed_language":
+						$qpart = "feed_language = '$feed_language'";
+						break;
+
 				}
 
 				if ($qpart) {
diff --git a/include/functions2.php b/include/functions2.php
index a9bb49df8..551d55d73 100644
--- a/include/functions2.php
+++ b/include/functions2.php
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 
 			if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
 				array_push($query_keywords,
-					"(tsvector_combined @@ '$search_query_leftover'::tsquery)");
+					"(tsvector_combined @@ to_tsquery('english', '$search_query_leftover'))");
 			}
 
 		}
diff --git a/include/rssfuncs.php b/include/rssfuncs.php
index 5ebddf9ef..c8e2ce28f 100644
--- a/include/rssfuncs.php
+++ b/include/rssfuncs.php
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@
 			feed_url,auth_pass,cache_images,
 			mark_unread_on_update, owner_uid,
 			pubsub_state, auth_pass_encrypted,
+			feed_language,
 			(SELECT max(date_entered) FROM
 				ttrss_entries, ttrss_user_entries where ref_id = id AND feed_id = '$feed') AS last_article_timestamp
 			FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE id = '$feed'");
@@ -340,6 +341,8 @@
 
 		$cache_images = sql_bool_to_bool(db_fetch_result($result, 0, "cache_images"));
 		$fetch_url = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "feed_url");
+		$feed_language = db_escape_string(mb_strtolower(db_fetch_result($result, 0, "feed_language")));
+		if (!$feed_language) $feed_language = 'english';
 
 		$feed = db_escape_string($feed);
 
@@ -463,6 +466,7 @@
 			// We use local pluginhost here because we need to load different per-user feed plugins
 			$pluginhost->run_hooks(PluginHost::HOOK_FEED_PARSED, "hook_feed_parsed", $rss);
 
+			_debug("language: $feed_language", $debug_enabled);
 			_debug("processing feed data...", $debug_enabled);
 
 //			db_query("BEGIN");
@@ -988,7 +992,7 @@
 						$tsvector_combined = db_escape_string(mb_substr($entry_title . ' ' . strip_tags($entry_content),
 							0, 1000000));
 
-						$tsvector_qpart = "tsvector_combined = to_tsvector('simple', '$tsvector_combined'),";
+						$tsvector_qpart = "tsvector_combined = to_tsvector('$feed_language', '$tsvector_combined'),";
 
 					} else {
 						$tsvector_qpart = "";
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
index 09234369e..8a6f7d681 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ create table ttrss_feeds (id integer not null auto_increment primary key,
 	view_settings varchar(250) not null default '',
 	pubsub_state integer not null default 0,
 	favicon_last_checked datetime default null,
+	feed_language varchar(100) not null default '',
 	foreign key (owner_uid) references ttrss_users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
 	foreign key (cat_id) references ttrss_feed_categories(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
 	foreign key (parent_feed) references ttrss_feeds(id) ON DELETE SET NULL) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=UTF8;
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
index 4cdc15f9a..9dafa693e 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ create table ttrss_feeds (id serial not null primary key,
 	view_settings varchar(250) not null default '',
 	pubsub_state integer not null default 0,
 	favicon_last_checked timestamp default null,
+	feed_language varchar(100) not null default '',
 	auth_pass_encrypted boolean not null default false);
 
 create index ttrss_feeds_owner_uid_index on ttrss_feeds(owner_uid);
diff --git a/schema/versions/mysql/128.sql b/schema/versions/mysql/128.sql
index 0545cb3ae..0a4d7ab7c 100644
--- a/schema/versions/mysql/128.sql
+++ b/schema/versions/mysql/128.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 BEGIN;
 
+alter table ttrss_feeds add column feed_language varchar(100);
+update ttrss_feeds set feed_language = '';
+alter table ttrss_feeds change feed_language feed_language varchar(100) not null;
+alter table ttrss_feeds alter column feed_language set default '';
+
 UPDATE ttrss_version SET schema_version = 128;
 
 COMMIT;
diff --git a/schema/versions/pgsql/128.sql b/schema/versions/pgsql/128.sql
index d85ce7fe9..3aba67220 100644
--- a/schema/versions/pgsql/128.sql
+++ b/schema/versions/pgsql/128.sql
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ BEGIN;
 alter table ttrss_entries add column tsvector_combined tsvector;
 create index ttrss_entries_tsvector_combined_idx on ttrss_entries using gin(tsvector_combined);
 
+alter table ttrss_feeds add column feed_language varchar(100);
+update ttrss_feeds set feed_language = '';
+alter table ttrss_feeds alter column feed_language set not null;
+alter table ttrss_feeds alter column feed_language set default '';
+
 UPDATE ttrss_version SET schema_version = 128;
 
 COMMIT;
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 06578aaa4..8fc28973f 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 			"update-schema",
 			"convert-filters",
 			"force-update",
-			"update-search-idx",
+			"gen-search-idx",
 			"list-plugins",
 			"help");
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 		print "  --log FILE           - log messages to FILE\n";
 		print "  --indexes            - recreate missing schema indexes\n";
 		print "  --update-schema      - update database schema\n";
-		print "  --update-search-idx  - update PostgreSQL fulltext search index\n";
+		print "  --gen-search-idx     - generate basic PostgreSQL fulltext search index\n";
 		print "  --convert-filters    - convert type1 filters to type2\n";
 		print "  --force-update       - force update of all feeds\n";
 		print "  --list-plugins       - list all available plugins\n";
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@
 
 	}
 
-	if (isset($options["update-search-idx"])) {
-		echo "Generating search index...\n";
+	if (isset($options["gen-search-idx"])) {
+		echo "Generating search index (stemming set to English)...\n";
 
 		$result = db_query("SELECT COUNT(id) AS count FROM ttrss_entries");
 		$count = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "count");
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 					$tsvector_combined = db_escape_string(mb_substr($line['title'] . ' ' . strip_tags($line['content']),
 						0, 1000000));
 
-					db_query("UPDATE ttrss_entries SET tsvector_combined = to_tsvector('simple', '$tsvector_combined') WHERE id = " . $line["id"]);
+					db_query("UPDATE ttrss_entries SET tsvector_combined = to_tsvector('english', '$tsvector_combined') WHERE id = " . $line["id"]);
 				}
 
 				$offset += $limit;