diff --git a/src/duckstation-qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/duckstation-qt/CMakeLists.txt
index f468a1bbe1..b54e83051a 100644
--- a/src/duckstation-qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/duckstation-qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ set(TS_FILES
   translations/duckstation-qt_de.ts
   translations/duckstation-qt_en.ts
   translations/duckstation-qt_es.ts
+  translations/duckstation-qt_es-es.ts
   translations/duckstation-qt_fr.ts
   translations/duckstation-qt_he.ts
   translations/duckstation-qt_it.ts
diff --git a/src/duckstation-qt/duckstation-qt.vcxproj b/src/duckstation-qt/duckstation-qt.vcxproj
index 893712e97d..a8ffd9aac9 100644
--- a/src/duckstation-qt/duckstation-qt.vcxproj
+++ b/src/duckstation-qt/duckstation-qt.vcxproj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="..\..\dep\msvc\vsprops\Configurations.props" />
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="aboutdialog.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="achievementsettingswidget.cpp" />
@@ -255,6 +254,7 @@
     </QtTs>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="translations\duckstation-qt_es-es.ts" />
     <None Include="translations\duckstation-qt_tr.ts" />
     <QtUi Include="achievementsettingswidget.ui">
       <FileType>Document</FileType>
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@
     </QtUi>
     <None Include="debuggerwindow.ui" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <CommonDataFiles Include="$(SolutionDir)data\**\*.*">
       <InProject>false</InProject>
@@ -274,23 +273,17 @@
     <Message Text="Copying common data files" Importance="High" />
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(CommonDataFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(BinaryOutputDir)\%(RecursiveDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
   </Target>
-
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{28F14272-0EC4-41BB-849F-182ADB81AF70}</ProjectGuid>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
   <Import Project="..\..\dep\msvc\vsprops\Win32Application.props" />
   <Import Project="..\..\dep\msvc\vsprops\QtCompile.props" />
-
   <Import Project="..\frontend-common\frontend-common.props" />
-
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>$(RootBuildDir)frontend-common\frontend-common.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
   <Import Project="..\..\dep\msvc\vsprops\Targets.props" />
-
   <Import Project="..\..\dep\msvc\vsprops\QtCompile.targets" />
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/duckstation-qt/duckstation-qt.vcxproj.filters b/src/duckstation-qt/duckstation-qt.vcxproj.filters
index ace3fb4aa8..d5903bf500 100644
--- a/src/duckstation-qt/duckstation-qt.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/duckstation-qt/duckstation-qt.vcxproj.filters
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@
     <None Include="translations\duckstation-qt_tr.ts">
       <Filter>translations</Filter>
     </None>
+    <None Include="translations\duckstation-qt_es-es.ts">
+      <Filter>translations</Filter>
+    </None>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <QtTs Include="translations\duckstation-qt_de.ts">
diff --git a/src/duckstation-qt/mainwindow.cpp b/src/duckstation-qt/mainwindow.cpp
index c76c47979b..9740afb1a1 100644
--- a/src/duckstation-qt/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/duckstation-qt/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -964,7 +964,17 @@ void MainWindow::setupAdditionalUi()
     QAction* action = language_group->addAction(it.first);
     action->setCheckable(true);
     action->setChecked(current_language == it.second);
-    action->setIcon(QIcon(QStringLiteral(":/icons/flags/%1.png").arg(it.second)));
+
+    QString icon_filename(QStringLiteral(":/icons/flags/%1.png").arg(it.second));
+    if (!QFile::exists(icon_filename))
+    {
+      // try without the suffix (e.g. es-es -> es)
+      const int pos = it.second.lastIndexOf('-');
+      if (pos >= 0)
+        icon_filename = QStringLiteral(":/icons/flags/%1.png").arg(it.second.left(pos));
+    }
+    action->setIcon(QIcon(icon_filename));
+
     m_ui.menuSettingsLanguage->addAction(action);
     action->setData(it.second);
     connect(action, &QAction::triggered, [this, action]() {
diff --git a/src/duckstation-qt/qthostinterface.cpp b/src/duckstation-qt/qthostinterface.cpp
index 7caa802497..4cc3e1ef65 100644
--- a/src/duckstation-qt/qthostinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/duckstation-qt/qthostinterface.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ std::vector<std::pair<QString, QString>> QtHostInterface::getAvailableLanguageLi
 {
   return {{QStringLiteral("English"), QStringLiteral("en")},
           {QStringLiteral("Deutsch"), QStringLiteral("de")},
-          {QStringLiteral("Español"), QStringLiteral("es")},
+          {QStringLiteral("español de Hispanoamérica"), QStringLiteral("es")},
+          {QStringLiteral("español de España"), QStringLiteral("es-es")},
           {QStringLiteral("Français"), QStringLiteral("fr")},
           {QStringLiteral("עברית"), QStringLiteral("he")},
           {QStringLiteral("日本語"), QStringLiteral("ja")},