diff --git a/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js b/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js
index a8f824c24d..3fca178d08 100644
--- a/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js
+++ b/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ describe('Compound Container Tests', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it('LuigiClient API - getCurrentLocale', () => {
+      cy.on('window:alert', stub);
+
+      cy.get(containerSelector)
+        .shadow()
+        .contains('getCurrentLocale')
+        .click()
+        .then(() => {
+          expect(stub.getCall(0)).to.be.calledWith('LuigiClient.getCurrentLocale()=en');
+        });
+    });
+
     it('LuigiClient API - getDirtyStatus', () => {
       cy.on('window:alert', stub);
 
diff --git a/container/test-app/compound/compoundClientAPI.html b/container/test-app/compound/compoundClientAPI.html
index 85eefa9a37..df52da4a2a 100644
--- a/container/test-app/compound/compoundClientAPI.html
+++ b/container/test-app/compound/compoundClientAPI.html
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ <h3>
         defer-init="false"
         webcomponent="true"
         theme="sap_fiori_3"
+        locale="en"
       ></luigi-compound-container>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/container/test-app/compound/helloWorldWC.js b/container/test-app/compound/helloWorldWC.js
index 0598bdd4df..a5ab9b3183 100644
--- a/container/test-app/compound/helloWorldWC.js
+++ b/container/test-app/compound/helloWorldWC.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ export default class extends HTMLElement {
     const templateBtn = document.createElement('template');
     templateBtn.innerHTML = '<button id="aButton">Click me!</button>';
 
+    const current_locale = document.createElement('template');
+    current_locale.innerHTML = '<button id="current_locale">getCurrentLocale</button>';
+
     const templateBtn2 = document.createElement('template');
     templateBtn2.innerHTML = '<button class="button2">Publish event</button>';
 
@@ -112,10 +115,23 @@ export default class extends HTMLElement {
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(linkManagerOpenAsRequestsBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(linkManagerUpdateTopPathExistsBackBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(setViewGroupDataBtn.content.cloneNode(true));
+    this._shadowRoot.appendChild(current_locale.content.cloneNode(true));
+
 
     this._shadowRoot.appendChild(empty.content.cloneNode(true));
 
+    this.$currentLocaleButton = this._shadowRoot.querySelector('#current_locale');
+    this.$currentLocaleButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      if (this.LuigiClient) {
+        this.LuigiClient.uxManager().showAlert({
+          text: 'LuigiClient.getCurrentLocale()=' + this.LuigiClient.getCurrentLocale(),
+          type: 'info'
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
     this.$paragraph = this._shadowRoot.querySelector('p');
+
     this.$button = this._shadowRoot.querySelector('#aButton');
     this.$button.addEventListener('click', () => {
       if (this.LuigiClient) {
diff --git a/container/typings/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte.d.ts b/container/typings/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte.d.ts
index ee033a1dec..8f8217364f 100644
--- a/container/typings/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte.d.ts
+++ b/container/typings/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte.d.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default class LuigiCompoundContainer extends HTMLElement {
   
   /**  
    *
-   * The locale to be passed to the compound micro frontend
+   * The locale to be passed to the compound micro frontend.
    * @since NEXT_RELEASE_CONTAINER
    */
   locale: string;
diff --git a/docs/luigi-compound-container-api.md b/docs/luigi-compound-container-api.md
index a4afa50e52..613404f32d 100644
--- a/docs/luigi-compound-container-api.md
+++ b/docs/luigi-compound-container-api.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Type: [boolean](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Glob
 
 ### locale
 
-The locale to be passed to the compound micro frontend
+The locale to be passed to the compound micro frontend.
 
 Type: [string](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)