diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerService.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerService.java
index 7d8517078..766b385a9 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerService.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/AndroidSpellCheckerService.java
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ public final class AndroidSpellCheckerService extends SpellCheckerService
             return "east_slavic";
         case ScriptUtils.SCRIPT_GREEK:
             return "greek";
+        case ScriptUtils.SCRIPT_HEBREW:
+            return "hebrew";
         default:
             throw new RuntimeException("Wrong script supplied: " + script);
         }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/ScriptUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/ScriptUtils.java
index 4679f7814..537713091 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/ScriptUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/utils/ScriptUtils.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class ScriptUtils {
         mLanguageCodeToScriptCode.put("ru", SCRIPT_CYRILLIC);
         mLanguageCodeToScriptCode.put("ka", SCRIPT_GEORGIAN);
         mLanguageCodeToScriptCode.put("el", SCRIPT_GREEK);
-        mLanguageCodeToScriptCode.put("he", SCRIPT_HEBREW);
+        mLanguageCodeToScriptCode.put("iw", SCRIPT_HEBREW);
         mLanguageCodeToScriptCode.put("km", SCRIPT_KHMER);
         mLanguageCodeToScriptCode.put("lo", SCRIPT_LAO);
         mLanguageCodeToScriptCode.put("ml", SCRIPT_MALAYALAM);