diff --git a/resources/js/app.js b/resources/js/app.js
index 14cc84bdb6..e6a6b6b000 100644
--- a/resources/js/app.js
+++ b/resources/js/app.js
@@ -238,11 +238,6 @@ Statamic.app({
             this.$echo.start();
         }
 
-        // Set moment locale
-        window.moment.locale(Statamic.$config.get('locale'));
-        Vue.moment.locale(Statamic.$config.get('locale'));
-        Vue.prototype.$moment.locale(Statamic.$config.get('locale'));
-
         this.fixAutofocus();
 
         this.showBanner = Statamic.$config.get('hasLicenseBanner');
@@ -271,6 +266,8 @@ Statamic.app({
                     .forEach(img => img.src = url);
             });
         });
+
+        this.setupMoment();
     },
 
     methods: {
@@ -306,6 +303,35 @@ Statamic.app({
                     inputs[0].focus();
                 }
             }, 100);
+        },
+
+        setupMoment() {
+            const locale = Statamic.$config.get('locale');
+            window.moment.locale(locale);
+            Vue.moment.locale(locale);
+            Vue.prototype.$moment.locale(locale);
+
+            const spec = {
+                relativeTime: {
+                    future: __('moment.relativeTime.future'),
+                    past: __('moment.relativeTime.past'),
+                    s: __('moment.relativeTime.s'),
+                    ss: __('moment.relativeTime.ss'),
+                    m: __('moment.relativeTime.m'),
+                    mm: __('moment.relativeTime.mm'),
+                    h: __('moment.relativeTime.h'),
+                    hh: __('moment.relativeTime.hh'),
+                    d: __('moment.relativeTime.d'),
+                    dd: __('moment.relativeTime.dd'),
+                    M: __('moment.relativeTime.M'),
+                    MM: __('moment.relativeTime.MM'),
+                    y: __('moment.relativeTime.y'),
+                    yy: __('moment.relativeTime.yy'),
+                }
+            };
+            window.moment.updateLocale(locale, spec);
+            Vue.moment.updateLocale(locale, spec);
+            Vue.prototype.$moment.updateLocale(locale, spec);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/moment.php b/resources/lang/en/moment.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dda1c36861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/lang/en/moment.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    'relativeTime.future' => 'in %s',
+    'relativeTime.past' => '%s ago',
+    'relativeTime.s' => 'a few seconds',
+    'relativeTime.ss' => '%d seconds',
+    'relativeTime.m' => 'a minute',
+    'relativeTime.mm' => '%d minutes',
+    'relativeTime.h' => 'an hour',
+    'relativeTime.hh' => '%d hours',
+    'relativeTime.d' => 'a day',
+    'relativeTime.dd' => '%d days',
+    'relativeTime.M' => 'a month',
+    'relativeTime.MM' => '%d months',
+    'relativeTime.y' => 'a year',
+    'relativeTime.yy' => '%d years',
+];