diff --git a/components/list/__tests__/index.test.js b/components/list/__tests__/index.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8947299973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/list/__tests__/index.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { mount } from 'enzyme';
+import List from '..';
+
+const ListItem = List.Item;
+
+describe('List', () => {
+  it('locale not passed to internal div', async () => {
+    const locale = { emptyText: 'Custom text' };
+    const renderItem = item => <ListItem>{item}</ListItem>;
+    const dataSource = [];
+
+    const wrapper = mount(
+      <List renderItem={renderItem} dataSource={dataSource} locale={locale} />
+    );
+    expect(wrapper.find('div').first().props().locale).toBe(undefined);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/components/list/index.tsx b/components/list/index.tsx
index 863e7d18ae..7a6f4f6cb4 100644
--- a/components/list/index.tsx
+++ b/components/list/index.tsx
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ export default class List extends React.Component<ListProps> {
       header,
       footer,
       loading,
+      locale,
       ...rest,
     } = this.props;