diff --git a/share/msgdef/Makefile b/share/msgdef/Makefile
index cdaa092809b5..069498f84ba6 100644
--- a/share/msgdef/Makefile
+++ b/share/msgdef/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ LOCALES=	af_ZA.ISO8859-1 \
 		ko_KR.UTF-8 \
 		ko_KR.eucKR \
 		lt_LT.ISO8859-13 \
+		lv_LV.ISO8859-13 \
+		lv_LV.UTF-8 \
 		mn_MN.UTF-8 \
 		nl_NL.ISO8859-1 \
 		no_NO.ISO8859-1 \
diff --git a/share/msgdef/lv_LV.ISO8859-13.src b/share/msgdef/lv_LV.ISO8859-13.src
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d744ad86b30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/msgdef/lv_LV.ISO8859-13.src
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+# WARNING: spaces may be essential at the end of lines
+# WARNING: empty lines are essential too
+#
+# yesexpr
+^[jJyY].*
+# noexpr
+^[nN].*
+# yesstr
+j�
+# nostr
+n�
+# EOF
diff --git a/share/msgdef/lv_LV.UTF-8.src b/share/msgdef/lv_LV.UTF-8.src
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85f1a73fc1ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/msgdef/lv_LV.UTF-8.src
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+# WARNING: spaces may be essential at the end of lines
+# WARNING: empty lines are essential too
+#
+# yesexpr
+^[jJyY].*
+# noexpr
+^[nN].*
+# yesstr
+jā
+# nostr
+nē
+# EOF