diff --git a/src/browser/js/contextMenu.js b/src/browser/js/contextMenu.js
index 6c30dc8f..804b321d 100644
--- a/src/browser/js/contextMenu.js
+++ b/src/browser/js/contextMenu.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function getSpellCheckerLocaleMenus(onSelectSpellCheckerLocale) {
     {language: 'German', locale: 'de-DE'},
     {language: 'Spanish', locale: 'es-ES'},
     {language: 'Dutch', locale: 'nl-NL'},
+    {language: 'Portuguese', locale: 'pt-BR'},
   ];
   return locales.map((l) => ({
     label: l.language,
diff --git a/src/main/SpellChecker.js b/src/main/SpellChecker.js
index 06d44f4b..018c0c59 100644
--- a/src/main/SpellChecker.js
+++ b/src/main/SpellChecker.js
@@ -90,5 +90,8 @@ SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale = (electronLocale) => {
   if (electronLocale.match(/^nl-?/)) {
     return 'nl-NL';
   }
+  if (electronLocale.match(/^pt-?/)) {
+    return 'pt-BR';
+  }
   return 'en-US';
 };
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index b5cf52f3..351fcf12 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "react-bootstrap": "~0.32.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.4.0",
     "react-transition-group": "^2.3.1",
-    "simple-spellchecker": "^0.9.5",
+    "simple-spellchecker": "^0.9.6",
     "underscore": "^1.9.1",
     "yargs": "^3.32.0"
   }
diff --git a/src/yarn.lock b/src/yarn.lock
index 0cc75f6a..9dafddc6 100644
--- a/src/yarn.lock
+++ b/src/yarn.lock
@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@ setimmediate@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/setimmediate/-/setimmediate-1.0.5.tgz#290cbb232e306942d7d7ea9b83732ab7856f8285"
 
-simple-spellchecker@^0.9.5:
-  version "0.9.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/simple-spellchecker/-/simple-spellchecker-0.9.5.tgz#4c6dce87e29488c29324b9613d3ad1f1bdac2e51"
+simple-spellchecker@^0.9.6:
+  version "0.9.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/simple-spellchecker/-/simple-spellchecker-0.9.6.tgz#ecc68eb5d26c7495eae34932f2641b14a435d265"
   dependencies:
     binarysearch "^0.2.4"
     damerau-levenshtein "git://github.com/cbaatz/damerau-levenshtein.git"
diff --git a/test/specs/spellchecker_test.js b/test/specs/spellchecker_test.js
index e396f167..fd3853ba 100644
--- a/test/specs/spellchecker_test.js
+++ b/test/specs/spellchecker_test.js
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ describe('main/Spellchecker.js', function() {
       SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('nl').should.equal('nl-NL');
       SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('nl-NL').should.equal('nl-NL');
 
+      SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('pt').should.equal('pt-BR');
+      SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('pt-BR').should.equal('pt-BR');
+
       SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('ja').should.equal('en-US');
       SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('ja-JP').should.equal('en-US');
     });