--- src/locale/macos/SDL_syslocale.m
+++ src/locale/macos/SDL_syslocale.m
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 bool SDL_SYS_GetPreferredLocales(char *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
     SDL_OBJC_POOL {
-        NSArray *languages = NSLocale.preferredLanguages;
+        NSArray *languages = NSLocale.ISOLanguageCodes;
         size_t numlangs = 0;
         size_t i;