diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/App_Data/Localization/fr-FR/orchard.core.po b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/App_Data/Localization/fr/orchard.core.po
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Orchard.Web/Core/App_Data/Localization/fr-FR/orchard.core.po
rename to src/Orchard.Web/Core/App_Data/Localization/fr/orchard.core.po
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
index 089dca490..b4c7569f8 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Setup.Services {
                     // add default culture
                     var cultureManager = environment.Resolve<ICultureManager>();
                     cultureManager.AddCulture("en-US");
-                    cultureManager.AddCulture("fr-FR");
+                    cultureManager.AddCulture("fr");
 
                     var contentManager = environment.Resolve<IContentManager>();
 
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Localization/Commands/CultureCommands.cs b/src/Orchard/Localization/Commands/CultureCommands.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..841187d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard/Localization/Commands/CultureCommands.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using System.Linq;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Orchard.Commands;
+using Orchard.Localization.Services;
+using Orchard.Settings;
+
+namespace Orchard.Localization.Commands {
+    public class CultureCommands : DefaultOrchardCommandHandler {
+        private readonly ICultureManager _cultureManager;
+
+        protected virtual ISite CurrentSite { get; [UsedImplicitly] private set; }
+
+        public CultureCommands(ICultureManager cultureManager) {
+            _cultureManager = cultureManager;
+        }
+
+        [CommandHelp("cultures list \r\n\t" + "List site cultures")]
+        [CommandName("cultures list")]
+        public void ListCultures() {
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Listing Cultures:"));
+
+            string cultures = _cultureManager.ListCultures().Aggregate<string, string>(null, (current, culture) => current + culture + " ");
+
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(cultures);
+        }
+
+
+        [CommandHelp("cultures get site culture \r\n\t" + "Get culture for the site")]
+        [CommandName("cultures get site culture")]
+        public void GetSiteCulture() {
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Site Culture is {0}", CurrentSite.SiteCulture));
+        }
+
+        [CommandHelp("cultures set site culture <culture-name> \r\n\t" + "Set culture for the site")]
+        [CommandName("cultures set site culture")]
+        public void SetSiteCulture(string cultureName) {
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Setting site culture to {0}", cultureName));
+
+            if (!_cultureManager.IsValidCulture(cultureName)) {
+                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Supplied culture name {0} is not valid.", cultureName));
+                return;
+            }
+            CurrentSite.SiteCulture = cultureName;
+
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Site culture set to {0} successfully", cultureName));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Localization/Services/DefaultCultureManager.cs b/src/Orchard/Localization/Services/DefaultCultureManager.cs
index e689ab82b..c1a7e1523 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Localization/Services/DefaultCultureManager.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Localization/Services/DefaultCultureManager.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Localization.Services {
         // "<languagecode2>" or
         // "<languagecode2>-<country/regioncode2>" or
         // "<languagecode2>-<scripttag>-<country/regioncode2>"
-        private static bool IsValidCulture(string cultureName) {
+        public bool IsValidCulture(string cultureName) {
             Regex cultureRegex = new Regex(@"\w{2}(-\w{2,})*");
             if (cultureRegex.IsMatch(cultureName)) {
                 return true;
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Localization/Services/ICultureManager.cs b/src/Orchard/Localization/Services/ICultureManager.cs
index 0ae822a42..e866e78c6 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Localization/Services/ICultureManager.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Localization/Services/ICultureManager.cs
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Localization.Services {
         string GetCurrentCulture(HttpContext requestContext);
         CultureRecord GetCultureById(int id);
         string GetSiteCulture();
+        bool IsValidCulture(string cultureName);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
index e9337076f..b94b67613 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Environment\Extensions\Compilers\CSharpExtensionBuildProviderShim.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Environment\Extensions\Compilers\ProjectFileDescriptor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Environment\Extensions\Compilers\IProjectFileParser.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Localization\Commands\CultureCommands.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utility\DependencyOrderingUtility.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Environment\IOrchardHostContainer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Environment\IShim.cs" />