diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/Parser/Parser.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/Parser/Parser.cpp
index a48ff4ba385..8504f3b0e26 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/Parser/Parser.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/CSS/Parser/Parser.cpp
@@ -5777,7 +5777,7 @@ RefPtr<CSSStyleValue> Parser::parse_font_language_override_value(TokenStream<Com
         }
         transaction.commit();
         if (length < 4)
-            return StringStyleValue::create(MUST(String::formatted("{<4}", string_value)));
+            return StringStyleValue::create(MUST(String::formatted("{:<4}", string_value)));
         return string;
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/css/font-language-override-short.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/css/font-language-override-short.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aaecaf93c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/css/font-language-override-short.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PASS (didn't crash)
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/css/font-language-override-short.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/css/font-language-override-short.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c8238860d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/css/font-language-override-short.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<script src="../include.js"></script>
+<script>
+    test(() => {
+        const element = document.createElement('div');
+        element.style.fontLanguageOverride = '"eng"';
+        document.body.appendChild(element);
+        println("PASS (didn't crash)");
+    });
+</script>
