diff --git a/ckan/templates/base.html b/ckan/templates/base.html
index e1ac527bf86..711475b1f7f 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/base.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/base.html
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   </head>
 
   {# Allows custom attributes to be added to the <body> tag #}
-  <body{% block bodytag %}  {% endblock %}>
+  <body{% block bodytag %} data-site-root="{{ h.url('/', locale='default', qualified=true) }}" data-locale-root="{{ h.url('/', qualified=true) }}" {% endblock %}>
 
     {#
     The page block allows you to add content to the page. Most of the time it is
