diff --git a/demos/functional/index.html b/demos/functional/index.html
index 4d4181d7a..51e02caca 100644
--- a/demos/functional/index.html
+++ b/demos/functional/index.html
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-cs.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-da.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-de.js"></script>
+			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-eo.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-es.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-fi.js"></script>
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-fr.js"></script>
diff --git a/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html b/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html
index 1b7d27b73..26eccf3cf 100644
--- a/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html
+++ b/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@
 					{	desc: 'Dansk (Danish)',	source: '$("#i18n").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["da"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib").html("Jan Christensen");' },
 					{	desc: 'Deutsch (German)',	source: '$("#i18n").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["de"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib").html("Milian Wolff");' },
 					{	desc: 'Espa&ntilde;ol (Spanish)',	source: '$("#i18n").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["es"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib").html("Vester");' },
+					{	desc: 'Esperanto',	source: '$("#i18n").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["eo"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib").html("Olivier M.");' },
 					{	desc: 'Fran&ccedil;ais (French)',	source: '$("#i18n").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["fr"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib").html("St&eacute;phane Nahmani");' },
 					{	desc: '&#54620;&#44397;&#50612; (Korean)',	source: '$("#i18n").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["ko"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib").html("DaeKwon Kang");' },
 					{	desc: '&#1344;&#1377;&#1397;&#1381;&#1408;&#1381;&#1398; (Armenian)',	source: '$("#i18n").datepicker($.extend({}, $.datepicker.regional["hy"], {showStatus: true, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true}));$("#contrib").html("Levon Zakaryan");' },
diff --git a/ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-eo.js b/ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-eo.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92009dcdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/i18n/ui.datepicker-eo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Esperanto initialisation for the jQuery UI date picker plugin. */
+/* Written by Olivier M. (olivierweb@ifrance.com). */
+jQuery(function($){
+	$.datepicker.regional['eo'] = {
+		clearText: 'Vakigi', clearStatus: '',
+		closeText: 'Fermi', closeStatus: 'Fermi sen modifi',
+		prevText: '&lt;Anta', prevStatus: 'Vidi la antaŭan monaton',
+		prevBigText: '&#x3c;&#x3c;', prevBigStatus: '',
+		nextText: 'Sekv&gt;', nextStatus: 'Vidi la sekvan monaton',
+		nextBigText: '&#x3e;&#x3e;', nextBigStatus: '',
+		currentText: 'Nuna', currentStatus: 'Vidi la nunan monaton',
+		monthNames: ['Januaro','Februaro','Marto','Aprilo','Majo','Junio',
+		'Julio','Aŭgusto','Septembro','Oktobro','Novembro','Decembro'],
+		monthNamesShort: ['Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','Maj','Jun',
+		'Jul','Aŭg','Sep','Okt','Nov','Dec'],
+		monthStatus: 'Vidi alian monaton', yearStatus: 'Vidi alian jaron',
+		weekHeader: 'Sb', weekStatus: '',
+		dayNames: ['Dimanĉo','Lundo','Mardo','Merkredo','Ĵaŭdo','Vendredo','Sabato'],
+		dayNamesShort: ['Dim','Lun','Mar','Mer','Ĵaŭ','Ven','Sab'],
+		dayNamesMin: ['Di','Lu','Ma','Me','Ĵa','Ve','Sa'],
+		dayStatus: 'Uzi DD kiel unua tago de la semajno', dateStatus: 'Elekti DD, MM d',
+		dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy', firstDay: 0,
+		initStatus: 'Elekti la daton', isRTL: false};
+	$.datepicker.setDefaults($.datepicker.regional['eo']);
+});