diff --git a/edgedb/protocol/codecs/codecs.pyx b/edgedb/protocol/codecs/codecs.pyx
index 315d7abe..d0cfa7b5 100644
--- a/edgedb/protocol/codecs/codecs.pyx
+++ b/edgedb/protocol/codecs/codecs.pyx
@@ -707,5 +707,9 @@ cdef register_base_scalar_codecs():
         config_memory_encode,
         config_memory_decode)
 
+    register_base_scalar_codec(
+        'fts::language',
+        pgproto.text_encode,
+        pgproto.text_decode)
 
 register_base_scalar_codecs()
diff --git a/edgedb/protocol/codecs/edb_types.pxi b/edgedb/protocol/codecs/edb_types.pxi
index 0ea94766..b1df30c5 100644
--- a/edgedb/protocol/codecs/edb_types.pxi
+++ b/edgedb/protocol/codecs/edb_types.pxi
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ TYPE_IDS = {
     'cal::relative_duration': uuid.UUID('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000111'),
     'cal::date_duration': uuid.UUID('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000112'),
     'cfg::memory': uuid.UUID('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000130')
+    'fts::language': uuid.UUID('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000140'),
 }