diff --git a/core/modules/contact/src/Entity/Message.php b/core/modules/contact/src/Entity/Message.php
index 158e576..f9670c1 100644
--- a/core/modules/contact/src/Entity/Message.php
+++ b/core/modules/contact/src/Entity/Message.php
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
  *   admin_permission = "administer contact forms",
  *   entity_keys = {
  *     "bundle" = "contact_form",
- *     "uuid" = "uuid"
+ *     "uuid" = "uuid",
+ *     "langcode" = "langcode"
  *   },
  *   bundle_entity_type = "contact_form",
  *   field_ui_base_route = "entity.contact_form.edit_form",
diff --git a/core/modules/language/language.module b/core/modules/language/language.module
index 29c93d2..7501365 100644
--- a/core/modules/language/language.module
+++ b/core/modules/language/language.module
@@ -427,12 +427,12 @@ function language_form_alter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
   // Content entity forms may have added a langcode field. But content language
   // configuration should decide if it should be exposed or not in the forms.
   $form_object = $form_state->getFormObject();
-  if ($form_object instanceof ContentEntityFormInterface) {
+  if ($form_object instanceof ContentEntityFormInterface && $form_object->getEntity()->getEntityType()->hasKey('langcode')) {
     /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $entity */
     $entity = $form_object->getEntity();
     $entity_type = $entity->getEntityType();
     $langcode_key = $entity_type->getKey('langcode');
-    if (isset($form[$langcode_key]) && $entity_type->isTranslatable()) {
+    if (isset($form[$langcode_key])) {
       $language_configuration = ContentLanguageSettings::loadByEntityTypeBundle($entity->getEntityTypeId(), $entity->bundle());
       $form[$langcode_key]['#access'] = $language_configuration->isLanguageAlterable();
     }
diff --git a/core/modules/language/src/Tests/LanguageEntityFormTest.php b/core/modules/language/src/Tests/LanguageEntityFormTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a332727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/language/src/Tests/LanguageEntityFormTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\language\Tests\LanguageEntityFormTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\language\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests entity form with language module.
+ *
+ * This is to ensure that an entity form by default does not show the language
+ * select, but it does so when it's enabled from the content language settings
+ * page.
+ * In this test we test it with the particular case of the contact messages.
+ *
+ * @group contact
+ */
+class LanguageEntityFormTest extends WebTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array(
+    'contact',
+    'language',
+    'contact_test',
+  );
+
+  /**
+   * Tests configuration options with language.
+   */
+  public function testContactLanguage() {
+    // Create and login administrative user.
+    $admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array(
+      'access site-wide contact form',
+      'administer languages',
+    ));
+    $this->drupalLogin($admin_user);
+
+    // Ensure that contact form by default does not show the language select.
+    $this->drupalGet('contact');
+    $this->assertNoField('edit-langcode-0-value');
+
+    // Enable language select from content language settings page.
+    $settings_path = 'admin/config/regional/content-language';
+    $edit['entity_types[contact_message]'] = TRUE;
+    $edit['settings[contact_message][feedback][settings][language][language_alterable]'] = TRUE;
+    $this->drupalPostForm($settings_path, $edit, t('Save configuration'));
+
+    // Ensure that contact form now shows the language select.
+    $this->drupalGet('contact');
+    $this->assertField('edit-langcode-0-value');
+  }
+
+}