diff --git a/e2e/helpers/language.js b/e2e/helpers/language.js
index f416997722..371cd335ac 100644
--- a/e2e/helpers/language.js
+++ b/e2e/helpers/language.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import merge from 'lodash/merge';
+
 import * as english from '../../app/locales/en.json';
 import * as haitian from '../../app/locales/ht.json';
 
@@ -6,7 +8,10 @@ const languageStrings = {
   'ht-HT': haitian,
 };
 
-export const languages = Object.keys(languageStrings).map(locale => [
-  locale,
-  languageStrings[locale],
-]);
+export const languages = Object.entries(languageStrings).map(
+  ([locale, strings]) => [
+    locale,
+    // fall back to english if not found in the locale strings
+    merge({}, english, strings),
+  ],
+);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 176b71ee38..c497307610 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "emotion-theming": "^10.0.27",
     "i18next": "^19.3.3",
     "js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "patch-package": "^6.2.2",
     "pluralize": "^8.0.0",
     "postinstall-postinstall": "^2.0.0",