diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5bef4823d..a8644b011 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ results/
 junit.xml
 
 __pycache__/
+
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index b5014269d..213f59bf0 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ environment:
 install:
   # Get the latest stable version of Node.js or io.js
   - ps: Install-Product node $env:nodejs_version
+  - yarn add full-icu -W
   # install modules
   - yarn install
   - yarn global add yalc
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ test_script:
   - node --version
   - yarn --version
   # run tests
-  - node scripts/test.js
+  - node --icu-data-dir=node_modules/full-icu scripts/test.js
 
 # Don't actually build.
 build: off
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 10d6c925c..ccd849c47 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ workflows:
     jobs:
       - test-linter
 
-      - test-node8:
-          requires:
-            - test-linter
+      - test-node8
+#          requires:
+#            - test-linter
 
 #      - build-docs:
 #          requires:
@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - checkout
 
+      - run:
+          name: Print node version
+          command: node -v
+
+      - run:
+          name: Print node version
+          command: npm install full-icu
+
+      - run:
+          name: pwd
+          command: pwd
+
+      - run:
+          name: Testing full-icu
+          command: env NODE_ICU_DATA=./node_modules/full-icu node test-full-icu.js
+
       - run:
           name: Install build tools
           command: sudo yarn global add codecov yalc
@@ -30,16 +46,28 @@ jobs:
       - restore_cache:
           key: node-modules-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
 
+      - run:
+          name: Testing full-icu
+          command: env NODE_ICU_DATA=./node_modules/full-icu node test-full-icu.js
+
       - run:
           name: Install dependencies
           command: yarn install
 
+      - run:
+          name: Testing full-icu
+          command: env NODE_ICU_DATA=./node_modules/full-icu node test-full-icu.js
+
       - save_cache:
           key: node-modules-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
           paths:
               - node_modules
 
-      - run: node scripts/test.js
+      - run:
+          name: Testing full-icu
+          command: env NODE_ICU_DATA=./node_modules/full-icu node test-full-icu.js
+
+      - run: env NODE_ICU_DATA=./node_modules/full-icu node scripts/test.js
 
       - run:
           name: Send coverage report
diff --git a/packages/core/src/select.js b/packages/core/src/select.js
index 935253f5f..690f0ae8d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/select.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/select.js
@@ -11,21 +11,29 @@ type PluralForms = {
 
 type PluralProps = {
   value: number,
-  offset?: number
+  offset?: number,
+  culture?: string
 } & PluralForms
 
+declare var Intl: {
+  NumberFormat: any
+}
+
 const _plural = type => (i18n: any) => ({
   value,
   offset = 0,
+  culture = "en-UK",
   other,
   ...pluralForms
 }: PluralProps): string => {
   const diff = value - offset
+  const intl = new Intl.NumberFormat(culture)
+  const diffAsString = intl.format(diff)
   const translation =
     pluralForms[value.toString()] || // exact match
     pluralForms[i18n.pluralForm(diff, type)] || // plural form
     other // fallback
-  return translation.replace("#", diff.toString())
+  return translation.replace("#", diffAsString)
 }
 
 const plural = _plural("cardinal")
diff --git a/packages/core/src/select.test.js b/packages/core/src/select.test.js
index 4d1cc38c4..de18c37cb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/select.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/select.test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 import { plural, select, selectOrdinal } from "./select"
 import { setupI18n } from "@lingui/core"
 
+const hasFullICU = (() => {
+  try {
+    const january = new Date(9e8);
+    const spanish = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('es', { month: 'long' });
+    return spanish.format(january) === 'enero';
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err)
+    return false;
+  }
+})();
+
+console.log("hasFullICU:", hasFullICU)
+
 describe("plural", function() {
   const i18n = setupI18n({
     language: "en",
@@ -49,6 +62,22 @@ describe("plural", function() {
         other: "Their and # books"
       })
     ).toEqual("Their and 4 books")
+
+    expect(
+      p({
+        value: 1,
+        other: "# كتاب",
+        culture: "en-UK"
+      })
+    ).toEqual("1 كتاب")
+
+    expect(
+      p({
+        value: 1,
+        other: "لدي # كتاب",
+        culture: "ar-AS"
+      })
+    ).toEqual("لدي ١ كتاب")
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/Select.js b/packages/react/src/Select.js
index 69d52483f..262556670 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Select.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/Select.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ type PluralProps = {
   two?: any,
   few?: any,
   many?: any,
-  other: any
+  other: any,
+  culture?: string
 } & withI18nProps &
   RenderProps
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/Select.test.js b/packages/react/src/Select.test.js
index 9f12c6663..e82c1d637 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Select.test.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/Select.test.js
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ describe("Categories", function() {
       expect(t()).toEqual("5 knih")
     })
 
+    it("should use plural forms based on culture", function() {
+      const node = mount(
+        <Plural value="1000" one="#" other="#" culture="de-DE" />,
+        languageContext("de")
+      )
+
+      const t = () => node.find("Render").text()
+
+      expect(t()).toEqual("1.000")
+
+      node.setProps({ value: 2000 })
+      expect(t()).toEqual("2.000")
+    })
+
     it("should offset value", function() {
       const node = mount(
         <Plural
diff --git a/test-full-icu.js b/test-full-icu.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d06f6f709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-full-icu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+console.log("*** Testing full-icu ***");
+console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat('es',{month:'long'}).format(new Date(9E8)));