diff --git a/CRM/Contribute/Form/Contribution/Main.php b/CRM/Contribute/Form/Contribution/Main.php
index 6ff333e145f9..187c6a6941f7 100644
--- a/CRM/Contribute/Form/Contribution/Main.php
+++ b/CRM/Contribute/Form/Contribution/Main.php
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ public function preProcess() {
     $this->assign('isShare', CRM_Utils_Array::value('is_share', $this->_values));
     $this->assign('isConfirmEnabled', CRM_Utils_Array::value('is_confirm_enabled', $this->_values));
 
+    // Required for currency formatting in the JS layer
+    $this->assign('moneyFormat', CRM_Utils_Money::format(1234.56));
+
     $this->assign('reset', CRM_Utils_Request::retrieve('reset', 'Boolean'));
     $this->assign('mainDisplay', CRM_Utils_Request::retrieve('_qf_Main_display', 'Boolean',
       CRM_Core_DAO::$_nullObject));
diff --git a/CRM/Event/Form/Registration/Register.php b/CRM/Event/Form/Registration/Register.php
index 423f635d8d58..1e78229ee87e 100644
--- a/CRM/Event/Form/Registration/Register.php
+++ b/CRM/Event/Form/Registration/Register.php
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ public function buildQuickForm() {
     // CRM-18399: used by template to pass pre profile id as a url arg
     $this->assign('custom_pre_id', $this->_values['custom_pre_id']);
 
+    // Required for currency formatting in the JS layer
+    $this->assign('moneyFormat', CRM_Utils_Money::format(1234.56));
+
     CRM_Core_Payment_ProcessorForm::buildQuickForm($this);
 
     $contactID = $this->getContactID();
diff --git a/templates/CRM/Price/Form/Calculate.tpl b/templates/CRM/Price/Form/Calculate.tpl
index dab6017c0150..5241d054c702 100644
--- a/templates/CRM/Price/Form/Calculate.tpl
+++ b/templates/CRM/Price/Form/Calculate.tpl
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 var thousandMarker = '{/literal}{$config->monetaryThousandSeparator}{literal}';
 var separator      = '{/literal}{$config->monetaryDecimalPoint}{literal}';
 var symbol         = '{/literal}{$currencySymbol}{literal}';
+var moneyFormat    = '{/literal}{$moneyFormat}{literal}';
 var optionSep      = '|';
 
 // Recalculate the total fees based on user selection
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ function display(totalfee) {
   // totalfee is monetary, round it to 2 decimal points so it can
   // go as a float - CRM-13491
   totalfee = Math.round(totalfee*100)/100;
-  var totalFormattedFee = symbol + ' ' + CRM.formatMoney(totalfee, true);
+  var totalFormattedFee = CRM.formatMoney(totalfee, false, moneyFormat);
   cj('#pricevalue').html(totalFormattedFee);
 
   cj('#total_amount').val( totalfee );