diff --git a/src/open_r1/configs.py b/src/open_r1/configs.py
index ddb6e53b0..87bc7f466 100644
--- a/src/open_r1/configs.py
+++ b/src/open_r1/configs.py
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ class GRPOScriptArguments(ScriptArguments):
             Maximum number of tokens in completion.
         soft_punish_cache (`int`):
             Minimum number of tokens in completion.
+        txt_language (`str`):
+            Language for lang_consistency reward.
     """
 
     reward_funcs: list[str] = field(
@@ -329,3 +331,10 @@ class GRPOScriptArguments(ScriptArguments):
         default=4096,
         metadata={"help": "Minimum number of characters in completion."},
     )
+
+    txt_language: str = field(
+        default="en",
+        metadata={
+            "help": "Language for lang_consistency reward. Based on langdetect supported languages https://pypi.org/project/langdetect/"
+        },
+    )
diff --git a/src/open_r1/rewards.py b/src/open_r1/rewards.py
index 0b3662841..097d3e8ef 100644
--- a/src/open_r1/rewards.py
+++ b/src/open_r1/rewards.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from functools import partial, update_wrapper
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Literal, Optional
 
+from langdetect import detect
 from latex2sympy2_extended import NormalizationConfig
 from math_verify import LatexExtractionConfig, parse, verify
 
@@ -643,6 +644,47 @@ def soft_overlong_punishment_reward(completion_ids: list[list[int]], **kwargs) -
     return soft_overlong_punishment_reward
 
 
+def get_lang_consistency_reward(language: str = "en"):
+    """
+    Reward function that evaluates whether the language of a generated text matches a target language.
+
+    Args:
+        language (str): The default target language code (https://pypi.org/project/langdetect/).
+    """
+
+    CLEAN_PATTERN = re.compile(
+        # 1. Remove XML-like tags such as <think>, <answer>
+        r'<[\/]?(think|answer)[^>]*>'
+        # 2. Remove code blocks (both ```...``` and `...`)
+        r'|```[\s\S]*?```|`[^`]*?`'
+        # 3. Remove LaTeX math blocks (e.g., $...$, $$...$$, \[...\], \(...\))
+        r'|[\$]+(?:(?![\$]+)[\s\S])*[\$]+|\\\[.*?\\\]|\\\(.*?\\\)',
+        flags=re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE
+    )
+
+    def clean_content(text):
+        return CLEAN_PATTERN.sub('', text).strip()
+
+    def lang_consistency_reward(completions, **kwargs):
+        """Calculates language consistency scores for a batch of completions."""
+        rewards = []
+        target_languages = kwargs["language"] if "language" in kwargs else [language] * len(completions)
+        for completion, sample_language in zip(completions, target_languages):
+            try:
+                content = completion[0].get("content", "")
+                if not content:
+                    rewards.append(None)
+                    continue
+                cleaned_text = clean_content(content)
+                detected_lang = detect(cleaned_text)
+                rewards.append(1.0 if sample_language == detected_lang else 0.0)
+            except Exception as e:
+                rewards.append(None)
+        return rewards
+
+    return lang_consistency_reward
+
+
 def get_reward_funcs(script_args) -> list[Callable]:
     REWARD_FUNCS_REGISTRY = {
         "accuracy": accuracy_reward,
@@ -700,6 +742,7 @@ def get_reward_funcs(script_args) -> list[Callable]:
             max_completion_len=script_args.max_completion_len,
             soft_punish_cache=script_args.soft_punish_cache,
         ),
+        "lang_consistency": get_lang_consistency_reward(language=script_args.txt_language),
     }
     reward_funcs = [REWARD_FUNCS_REGISTRY[func] for func in script_args.reward_funcs]