diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 61fc9edc5..98dffa506 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Other fixes:
  - Qt: Force OpenGL paint engine creation thread (fixes mgba.io/i/1642)
  - Qt: Fix static compilation in MinGW (fixes mgba.io/i/1769)
  - Qt: Fix a race condition in the frame inspector
+ - Qt: Add dummy English translation file (fixes mgba.io/i/1469)
  - SM83: Simplify register pair access on big endian
  - VFS: Fix directory node listing on some filesystems
 Misc:
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/SettingsView.cpp b/src/platform/qt/SettingsView.cpp
index 4eb99c55e..b0416133a 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/SettingsView.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/SettingsView.cpp
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ SettingsView::SettingsView(ConfigController* controller, InputController* inputC
 			continue;
 		}
 		QLocale locale(name.remove(QString("%0-").arg(binaryName)).remove(".qm"));
+		if (locale.language() == QLocale::English) {
+			continue;
+		}
 		m_ui.languages->addItem(locale.nativeLanguageName(), locale);
 		if (locale.bcp47Name() == QLocale().bcp47Name()) {
 			m_ui.languages->setCurrentIndex(m_ui.languages->count() - 1);
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/ts/mgba-en.ts b/src/platform/qt/ts/mgba-en.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf4711add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/qt/ts/mgba-en.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE TS>
+<TS version="2.1" language="en" sourcelanguage="en_US">
+</TS>