diff --git a/src/browser/components/SettingsPage.jsx b/src/browser/components/SettingsPage.jsx
index 1b04aece..38fd0c74 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/SettingsPage.jsx
+++ b/src/browser/components/SettingsPage.jsx
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ export default class SettingsPage extends React.Component {
         {'Check spelling'}
         <HelpBlock>
           {'Highlight misspelled words in your messages.'}
-          {' Available for English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch.'}
+          {' Available for English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Dutch.'}
         </HelpBlock>
       </Checkbox>);
 
diff --git a/src/browser/js/contextMenu.js b/src/browser/js/contextMenu.js
index 95380de0..7b1d317c 100644
--- a/src/browser/js/contextMenu.js
+++ b/src/browser/js/contextMenu.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ function getSpellCheckerLocaleMenus(onSelectSpellCheckerLocale) {
     {language: 'German', locale: 'de-DE'},
     {language: 'Polish', locale: 'pl-PL'},
     {language: 'Portuguese (BR)', locale: 'pt-BR'},
+    {language: 'Russian', locale: 'ru-RU'},
     {language: 'Spanish (ES)', locale: 'es-ES'},
     {language: 'Spanish (MX)', locale: 'es-MX'},
     {language: 'Dutch', locale: 'nl-NL'},
diff --git a/src/main/SpellChecker.js b/src/main/SpellChecker.js
index d5dacb6e..f16c47ae 100644
--- a/src/main/SpellChecker.js
+++ b/src/main/SpellChecker.js
@@ -116,5 +116,8 @@ SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale = (electronLocale) => {
   if (electronLocale.match(/^it-?/)) {
     return 'it-IT';
   }
+  if (electronLocale.match(/^ru-?/)) {
+    return 'ru-RU';
+  }
   return 'en-US';
 };
diff --git a/src/package-lock.json b/src/package-lock.json
index cea39acb..1e1dbb4a 100644
--- a/src/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/package-lock.json
@@ -747,9 +747,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-BF+XgtARrppoA93TgrJDkrPYkPc="
     },
     "simple-spellchecker": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-spellchecker/-/simple-spellchecker-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-gOQdOyXV/SoQJ2MfNj2eEbumnDIMWa6ET01xvK+fbHfZMjMC08ZNGNqa6WZmtoLxzK0l3IRkxALRaOo9Pg0jPg==",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-spellchecker/-/simple-spellchecker-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uYwrcM6kYR7g9psVdkKVap5fXJI1OSHWowsbowcUmH4VS178LcUCGS6E6/F9lsfRYVzFghJeF1zZL8W0GrBocA==",
       "requires": {
         "adm-zip": "^0.4.13",
         "binarysearch": "^0.2.4",
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index eafd9fa8..a029e357 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^16.6.3",
     "react-transition-group": "^2.5.0",
     "semver": "^5.5.0",
-    "simple-spellchecker": "^1.0.0",
+    "simple-spellchecker": "^1.0.1",
     "underscore": "^1.9.1",
     "valid-url": "^1.0.9",
     "winreg": "^1.2.4",
diff --git a/test/specs/spellchecker_test.js b/test/specs/spellchecker_test.js
index 150e1d0c..dce7dad8 100644
--- a/test/specs/spellchecker_test.js
+++ b/test/specs/spellchecker_test.js
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ describe('main/Spellchecker.js', function() {
 
       SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('it').should.equal('it-IT');
       SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('it-IT').should.equal('it-IT');
+
+      SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('ru').should.equal('ru-RU');
+      SpellChecker.getSpellCheckerLocale('ru-RU').should.equal('ru-RU');
     });
   });
 
@@ -112,6 +115,25 @@ describe('main/Spellchecker.js', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('ru-RU', function() {
+    let spellchecker = null;
+
+    before(function(done) {
+      spellchecker = new SpellChecker(
+        'ru-RU',
+        path.resolve(__dirname, '../../src/node_modules/simple-spellchecker/dict'),
+        done
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should spellcheck', function() {
+      spellchecker.spellCheck('русский').should.equal(true);
+    });
+    it('should give suggestions', function() {
+      spellchecker.getSuggestions('руский', 1).length.should.be.equal(1);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('de-DE', function() {
     let spellchecker = null;