diff --git a/src/components/relative-time.jsx b/src/components/relative-time.jsx
index af3b669c..9c62c771 100644
--- a/src/components/relative-time.jsx
+++ b/src/components/relative-time.jsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function isValidDate(value) {
 
 const resolvedLocale = new Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().locale;
 const DTF = mem((locale, opts = {}) => {
-  const lang = localeMatch([locale], [resolvedLocale]);
+  const lang = localeMatch([locale], [resolvedLocale], locale);
   try {
     return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(lang, opts);
   } catch (e) {}
diff --git a/src/utils/nice-date-time.js b/src/utils/nice-date-time.js
index dde3f7a0..29019360 100644
--- a/src/utils/nice-date-time.js
+++ b/src/utils/nice-date-time.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const _DateTimeFormat = (opts) => {
   const { locale, dateYear, hideTime, formatOpts } = opts || {};
   const loc =
     locale && !/pseudo/i.test(locale)
-      ? localeMatch([locale], [defaultLocale])
+      ? localeMatch([locale], [defaultLocale], locale)
       : defaultLocale;
   const currentYear = new Date().getFullYear();
   const options = {