diff --git a/components/com_content/Model/FormModel.php b/components/com_content/Model/FormModel.php
index 02390083b6ad6..19333ab3314c1 100644
--- a/components/com_content/Model/FormModel.php
+++ b/components/com_content/Model/FormModel.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Associations;
 use Joomla\Registry\Registry;
 use Joomla\Utilities\ArrayHelper;
+use Joomla\CMS\Language\Multilanguage;
+
 
 /**
  * Content Component Article Model
@@ -188,6 +190,11 @@ public function save($data)
 			$data['associations'] = $associations;
 		}
 
+		if (!Multilanguage::isEnabled())
+		{
+			$data['language'] = '*';
+		}
+
 		return parent::save($data);
 	}
 
@@ -212,6 +219,12 @@ protected function preprocessForm(\JForm $form, $data, $group = 'content')
 			$form->setFieldAttribute('catid', 'readonly', 'true');
 		}
 
+		if (!Multilanguage::isEnabled())
+		{
+			$form->setFieldAttribute('language', 'type', 'hidden');
+			$form->setFieldAttribute('language', 'default', '*');
+		}
+
 		return parent::preprocessForm($form, $data, $group);
 	}
 
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/form/edit.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/form/edit.php
index a8d3403b5cd34..60149c04f346d 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/form/edit.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/form/edit.php
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@
 				<?php echo JHtml::_('bootstrap.addTab', $this->tab_name, 'language', JText::_('JFIELD_LANGUAGE_LABEL')); ?>
 					<?php echo $this->form->renderField('language'); ?>
 				<?php echo JHtml::_('bootstrap.endTab'); ?>
+			<?php else: ?>
+				<?php echo $this->form->renderField('language'); ?>
 			<?php endif; ?>
 
 			<?php if ($params->get('show_publishing_options', 1) == 1) : ?>