diff --git a/src/strgen/strgen.cpp b/src/strgen/strgen.cpp
index e950e5e99b..6d6d1626c2 100644
--- a/src/strgen/strgen.cpp
+++ b/src/strgen/strgen.cpp
@@ -946,7 +946,6 @@ static void WriteStringsH(const char *filename)
 	fprintf(_output_file, "\nstatic const StringID STR_LAST_STRINGID = 0x%X;\n\n", next - 1);
 
 	fprintf(_output_file,
-		"static const uint LANGUAGE_PACK_IDENT = 0x474E414C; // Big Endian value for 'LANG' (LE is 0x 4C 41 4E 47)\n"
 		"static const uint LANGUAGE_PACK_VERSION = 0x%X;\n\n", (uint)_hash
 	);
 
@@ -1069,8 +1068,7 @@ static void WriteLangfile(const char *filename)
 		_lang.offsets[i] = TO_LE16(n);
 	}
 
-	/* see line 655: fprintf(..."\tLANGUAGE_PACK_IDENT = 0x474E414C,...) */
-	_lang.ident = TO_LE32(0x474E414C); // Big Endian value for 'LANG'
+	_lang.ident = TO_LE32(LanguagePackHeader::IDENT);
 	_lang.version = TO_LE32(_hash);
 	_lang.winlangid = TO_LE16(_lang.winlangid);
 
diff --git a/src/strgen/strgen.h b/src/strgen/strgen.h
index 40c5f2031a..ecaeb05ff2 100644
--- a/src/strgen/strgen.h
+++ b/src/strgen/strgen.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 /** Header of a language file. */
 struct LanguagePackHeader {
+	static const uint32 IDENT = 0x474E414C; ///< Identifier for OpenTTD language files, big endian for "LANG"
+
 	uint32 ident;       ///< 32-bits identifier
 	uint32 version;     ///< 32-bits of auto generated version info which is basically a hash of strings.h
 	char name[32];      ///< the international name of this language
diff --git a/src/strings.cpp b/src/strings.cpp
index 912acfe652..5b318f20cf 100644
--- a/src/strings.cpp
+++ b/src/strings.cpp
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ bool ReadLanguagePack(int lang_index)
 
 	/* We need at least one byte of lang_pack->data */
 	if (end <= lang_pack->data ||
-			lang_pack->ident != TO_LE32(LANGUAGE_PACK_IDENT) ||
+			lang_pack->ident != TO_LE32(LanguagePackHeader::IDENT) ||
 			lang_pack->version != TO_LE32(LANGUAGE_PACK_VERSION)) {
 		free(lang_pack);
 		return false;
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ static bool GetLanguageFileHeader(const char *file, LanguagePack *hdr)
 	fclose(f);
 
 	bool ret = read == 1 &&
-			hdr->ident == TO_LE32(LANGUAGE_PACK_IDENT) &&
+			hdr->ident == TO_LE32(LanguagePackHeader::IDENT) &&
 			hdr->version == TO_LE32(LANGUAGE_PACK_VERSION);
 
 	/* Convert endianness for the windows language ID */