diff --git a/elements/base/README.md b/elements/base/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b88a603f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/base/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+This is the base element.
+
+Almost all users will want to include this in their disk image build,
+as it includes a lot of useful functionality.
+
+Notes:
+
+ * If you are getting warnings during the build about your locale
+   being missing, consider installing/generating the relevant locale.
+   This may be as simple as having language-pack-XX installed in the
+   pre-install stage
+
diff --git a/elements/base/pre-install.d/00-baseline-tools b/elements/base/pre-install.d/00-baseline-tools
index d5b428a8..c30c398e 100755
--- a/elements/base/pre-install.d/00-baseline-tools
+++ b/elements/base/pre-install.d/00-baseline-tools
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 set -e
 
 apt-get -y update
-apt-get -y install python-software-properties
+apt-get -y install python-software-properties language-pack-en
 add-apt-repository -y ppa:tripleo/demo