diff --git a/data/core.yaml b/data/core.yaml
index 08021a33f..3b0b30914 100644
--- a/data/core.yaml
+++ b/data/core.yaml
@@ -1055,3 +1055,8 @@ en:
         history: "Toggle history panel"
         location: "Toggle location panel"
         measurement: "Toggle measurement panel"
+  scale:
+    miles: "{quantity} mi"
+    feet: "{quantity} ft"
+    kilometers: "{quantity} km"
+    meters: "{quantity} m"
diff --git a/dist/locales/en.json b/dist/locales/en.json
index 976862a90..7aeda0efe 100644
--- a/dist/locales/en.json
+++ b/dist/locales/en.json
@@ -1221,6 +1221,12 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "scale": {
+            "miles": "{quantity} mi",
+            "feet": "{quantity} ft",
+            "kilometers": "{quantity} km",
+            "meters": "{quantity} m"
+        },
         "presets": {
             "categories": {
                 "category-barrier": {
diff --git a/modules/ui/scale.js b/modules/ui/scale.js
index fb7f869c1..11ec0f63b 100644
--- a/modules/ui/scale.js
+++ b/modules/ui/scale.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { geoLonToMeters, geoMetersToLon } from '../geo';
+import { t } from '../util/locale';
 import { utilDetect } from '../util/detect';
 
 
 export function uiScale(context) {
     var projection = context.projection,
-        isImperial = (utilDetect().locale.toLowerCase() === 'en-us'),
+        locale = utilDetect().locale,
+        isImperial = (locale.toLowerCase() === 'en-us'),
         maxLength = 180,
         tickHeight = 8;
 
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ export function uiScale(context) {
             conversion = (isImperial ? 3.28084 : 1),
             dist = geoLonToMeters(loc2[0] - loc1[0], lat) * conversion,
             scale = { dist: 0, px: 0, text: '' },
-            buckets, i, val, dLon;
+            buckets, i, val, dLon, textKey;
 
         if (isImperial) {
             buckets = [5280000, 528000, 52800, 5280, 500, 50, 5, 1];
@@ -39,18 +41,19 @@ export function uiScale(context) {
         if (isImperial) {
             if (scale.dist >= 5280) {
                 scale.dist /= 5280;
-                scale.text = String(scale.dist) + ' mi';
+                textKey = 'scale.miles';
             } else {
-                scale.text = String(scale.dist) + ' ft';
+                textKey = 'scale.feet';
             }
         } else {
             if (scale.dist >= 1000) {
                 scale.dist /= 1000;
-                scale.text = String(scale.dist) + ' km';
+                textKey = 'scale.kilometers';
             } else {
-                scale.text = String(scale.dist) + ' m';
+                textKey = 'scale.meters';
             }
         }
+        scale.text = t(textKey, { quantity: scale.dist.toLocaleString(locale) });
 
         return scale;
     }