diff --git a/src/server/__tests__/collectReactIntlTranslations.test.js b/src/server/__tests__/collectReactIntlTranslations.test.js
index 1de5098..ea30ca4 100755
--- a/src/server/__tests__/collectReactIntlTranslations.test.js
+++ b/src/server/__tests__/collectReactIntlTranslations.test.js
@@ -58,4 +58,18 @@ describe('collectReactIntlTranslations', () => {
     });
     expect(result).toEqual({ reactIntlId3: 'Hello {NAME}!' });
   });
+
+  it('should include all keys with React Intl IDs, for the original lang', () => {
+    const result = collectReactIntlTranslations({
+      originalLang: 'en',
+      lang: 'en',
+      keys: KEYS_INCLUDING_SOME_WITH_BRACES,
+      translations: [],
+      story: mainStory,
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      reactIntlId1: 'Hello there!',
+      reactIntlId3: 'Hello {NAME}!'
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/server/collectReactIntlTranslations.js b/src/server/collectReactIntlTranslations.js
index c5c1044..3f1ee62 100755
--- a/src/server/collectReactIntlTranslations.js
+++ b/src/server/collectReactIntlTranslations.js
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ import type {
 } from '../common/types';
 
 export default function collectReactIntlTranslations({
+  originalLang,
   lang,
   keys,
   translations,
   story,
 }: {|
+  originalLang: string,
   lang: string,
   keys: MapOf<InternalKeyT>,
   translations: Array<InternalTranslationT>,
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ export default function collectReactIntlTranslations({
     const key = keys[keyId];
     const { reactIntlId } = key;
     if (!reactIntlId) return;
-    if (key.text.indexOf('{') >= 0) {
+    if (key.text.indexOf('{') >= 0 || lang === originalLang) {
       finalTranslations[reactIntlId] = key.text;
     }
   });
diff --git a/src/server/db.js b/src/server/db.js
index 59272ef..35abc01 100755
--- a/src/server/db.js
+++ b/src/server/db.js
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ function compileTranslations({ story: baseStory }: { story?: StoryT } = {}) {
       if (_config.fReactIntlOutput) {
         const reactIntlLangPath = getReactIntlLangPath(lang);
         const reactIntlTranslations = collectReactIntlTranslations({
+          originalLang: _config.originalLang,
           lang,
           keys,
           translations,