diff --git a/lib/cronlib.php b/lib/cronlib.php
index 84bb65c5c5d..7155373dfa8 100644
--- a/lib/cronlib.php
+++ b/lib/cronlib.php
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function cron_run() {
     if ($DB->count_records('user_preferences', array('name'=>'create_password', 'value'=>'1'))) {
         mtrace('Creating passwords for new users...');
         $newusers = $DB->get_recordset_sql("SELECT u.id as id, u.email, u.firstname,
-                                                 u.lastname, u.username,
+                                                 u.lastname, u.username, u.lang,
                                                  p.id as prefid
                                             FROM {user} u
                                             JOIN {user_preferences} p ON u.id=p.userid