diff --git a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/LanguageNavigationImpl.java b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/LanguageNavigationImpl.java
index 8a4733289e..ad8e0bf4db 100644
--- a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/LanguageNavigationImpl.java
+++ b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/LanguageNavigationImpl.java
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ private Page getLocalizedPage(Page page, Page languageRoot) {
         Page localizedPage;
         String path = languageRoot.getPath();
         String relativePath = page.getPath();
-        if (relativePath.startsWith(path)) {
+        int indexOfStart = 0;
+        if (path.length() < relativePath.length()) {
+            indexOfStart = path.length();
+        }
+        if (relativePath.startsWith(path) &&
+            relativePath.charAt(indexOfStart) == '/') {
             localizedPage = page;
         } else {
             String separator = "/";
diff --git a/bundles/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/LanguageNavigationImplTest.java b/bundles/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/LanguageNavigationImplTest.java
index 5a11b2cd9b..9e9cd9baef 100644
--- a/bundles/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/LanguageNavigationImplTest.java
+++ b/bundles/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/LanguageNavigationImplTest.java
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ public class LanguageNavigationImplTest {
                     "/content/languagenavigation/LOCALE-4/LOCALE-9.html"},
     };
 
+    private static final Object[][] EXPECTED_COUNTRY_LIST = {
+        {"/content/countrytest/languagenavigation/ch", "ch", false, 0, "", "ch",
+            "/ch-3-vanity"},
+        {"/content/countrytest/languagenavigation/ch_zn", "ch_zn", true, 0, "", "ch",
+            "/ch_zn-3-vanity"},
+        {"/content/countrytest/languagenavigation/en", "en", false, 0, "", "en", "/en-3-vanity"},
+    };
+
     protected final AemContext context = CoreComponentTestContext.newAemContext();
 
     protected String testBase;
@@ -152,6 +160,15 @@ protected void testLanguageNavigationItemsOnTemplate() {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    protected void testLanguageNavigationItemsWithExtendedCountryCode() {
+        context.load().json(testBase + "/test-content-country.json", "/content/countrytest");
+        LanguageNavigation languageNavigation = getLanguageNavigationUnderTest(
+            "/content/countrytest/languagenavigation/ch_zn/jcr:content/root/languagenavigation-component-1");
+        List<NavigationItem> items = getLanguageNavigationItems(languageNavigation);
+        verifyLanguageNavigationItems(EXPECTED_COUNTRY_LIST, items);
+    }
+
     protected  LanguageNavigation getLanguageNavigationUnderTest(String resourcePath) {
         Utils.enableDataLayer(context, true);
         context.currentResource(resourcePath);
diff --git a/bundles/core/src/test/resources/languagenavigation/test-content-country.json b/bundles/core/src/test/resources/languagenavigation/test-content-country.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10282fb67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/core/src/test/resources/languagenavigation/test-content-country.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+    "languagenavigation": {
+        "jcr:primaryType": "cq:Page",
+        "jcr:content": {
+            "jcr:primaryType": "cq:PageContent",
+            "jcr:title": "Language Structure",
+            "jcr:created": "Mon Jul 10 2017 20:21:55 GMT+0200"
+        },
+        "ch": {
+            "jcr:primaryType": "cq:Page",
+            "jcr:content": {
+                "jcr:primaryType": "cq:PageContent",
+                "jcr:title": "ch",
+                "jcr:created": "Mon Jul 10 2017 20:21:55 GMT+0200",
+                "sling:vanityPath": "/ch-3-vanity",
+                "jcr:language": "ch"
+            }
+        },
+        "ch_zn": {
+            "jcr:primaryType": "cq:Page",
+            "jcr:content"    : {
+                "jcr:primaryType": "cq:PageContent",
+                "jcr:title"      : "ch_zn",
+                "jcr:created"    : "Mon Jul 10 2017 20:21:55 GMT+0200",
+                "sling:vanityPath": "/ch_zn-3-vanity",
+                "jcr:language"   : "ch",
+                "root"           : {
+                    "jcr:primaryType": "nt:unstructured",
+                    "languagenavigation-component-1": {
+                        "jcr:primaryType"   : "nt:unstructured",
+                        "sling:resourceType": "core/wcm/components/languagenavigation/v1/languagenavigation",
+                        "navigationRoot"    : "/content/countrytest/languagenavigation",
+                        "structureDepth"    : 1
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "en": {
+            "jcr:primaryType": "cq:Page",
+            "jcr:content": {
+                "jcr:primaryType": "cq:PageContent",
+                "jcr:title": "en",
+                "jcr:created": "Mon Jul 10 2017 20:21:55 GMT+0200",
+                "sling:vanityPath": "/en-3-vanity",
+                "jcr:language": "en"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bundles/core/src/test/resources/languagenavigation/v2/test-content-country.json b/bundles/core/src/test/resources/languagenavigation/v2/test-content-country.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10282fb67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/core/src/test/resources/languagenavigation/v2/test-content-country.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+    "languagenavigation": {
+        "jcr:primaryType": "cq:Page",
+        "jcr:content": {
+            "jcr:primaryType": "cq:PageContent",
+            "jcr:title": "Language Structure",
+            "jcr:created": "Mon Jul 10 2017 20:21:55 GMT+0200"
+        },
+        "ch": {
+            "jcr:primaryType": "cq:Page",
+            "jcr:content": {
+                "jcr:primaryType": "cq:PageContent",
+                "jcr:title": "ch",
+                "jcr:created": "Mon Jul 10 2017 20:21:55 GMT+0200",
+                "sling:vanityPath": "/ch-3-vanity",
+                "jcr:language": "ch"
+            }
+        },
+        "ch_zn": {
+            "jcr:primaryType": "cq:Page",
+            "jcr:content"    : {
+                "jcr:primaryType": "cq:PageContent",
+                "jcr:title"      : "ch_zn",
+                "jcr:created"    : "Mon Jul 10 2017 20:21:55 GMT+0200",
+                "sling:vanityPath": "/ch_zn-3-vanity",
+                "jcr:language"   : "ch",
+                "root"           : {
+                    "jcr:primaryType": "nt:unstructured",
+                    "languagenavigation-component-1": {
+                        "jcr:primaryType"   : "nt:unstructured",
+                        "sling:resourceType": "core/wcm/components/languagenavigation/v1/languagenavigation",
+                        "navigationRoot"    : "/content/countrytest/languagenavigation",
+                        "structureDepth"    : 1
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "en": {
+            "jcr:primaryType": "cq:Page",
+            "jcr:content": {
+                "jcr:primaryType": "cq:PageContent",
+                "jcr:title": "en",
+                "jcr:created": "Mon Jul 10 2017 20:21:55 GMT+0200",
+                "sling:vanityPath": "/en-3-vanity",
+                "jcr:language": "en"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}