diff --git a/picard/album.py b/picard/album.py
index 14c8a30ba..6757f1cd9 100644
--- a/picard/album.py
+++ b/picard/album.py
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ class Album(DataObject, Item):
                 break
         else:
             if self.release_events:
-                self.current_release_event = self.release_events[0]
+                preferred_events = [rel for rel in self.release_events
+                                    if rel.releasecountry == self.config.setting["preferred_release_country"]]
+                if preferred_events:
+                    self.current_release_event = preferred_events[0]
+                else:
+                    self.current_release_event = self.release_events[0]
         if self.current_release_event:
             self.current_release_event.to_metadata(m)
 
diff --git a/picard/const.py b/picard/const.py
index a13fe7da2..1ed47c955 100644
--- a/picard/const.py
+++ b/picard/const.py
@@ -34,3 +34,252 @@ AMAZON_STORE_ASSOCIATE_IDS = {
 
 # MusicDNS client ID
 MUSICDNS_KEY = "0736ac2cd889ef77f26f6b5e3fb8a09c"
+
+# Release countries
+RELEASE_COUNTRIES = {
+    u'BD': N_('Bangladesh'),
+    u'BE': N_('Belgium'),
+    u'BF': N_('Burkina Faso'),
+    u'BG': N_('Bulgaria'),
+    u'BB': N_('Barbados'),
+    u'WF': N_('Wallis and Futuna Islands'),
+    u'BM': N_('Bermuda'),
+    u'BN': N_('Brunei Darussalam'),
+    u'BO': N_('Bolivia'),
+    u'BH': N_('Bahrain'),
+    u'BI': N_('Burundi'),
+    u'BJ': N_('Benin'),
+    u'BT': N_('Bhutan'),
+    u'JM': N_('Jamaica'),
+    u'BV': N_('Bouvet Island'),
+    u'BW': N_('Botswana'),
+    u'WS': N_('Samoa'),
+    u'BR': N_('Brazil'),
+    u'BS': N_('Bahamas'),
+    u'BY': N_('Belarus'),
+    u'BZ': N_('Belize'),
+    u'RU': N_('Russian Federation'),
+    u'RW': N_('Rwanda'),
+    u'RE': N_('Reunion'),
+    u'TM': N_('Turkmenistan'),
+    u'TJ': N_('Tajikistan'),
+    u'RO': N_('Romania'),
+    u'TK': N_('Tokela'),
+    u'GW': N_('Guinea-Bissa'),
+    u'GU': N_('Guam'),
+    u'GT': N_('Guatemala'),
+    u'GR': N_('Greece'),
+    u'GQ': N_('Equatorial Guinea'),
+    u'GP': N_('Guadeloupe'),
+    u'JP': N_('Japan'),
+    u'GY': N_('Guyana'),
+    u'GF': N_('French Guiana'),
+    u'GE': N_('Georgia'),
+    u'GD': N_('Grenada'),
+    u'GB': N_('United Kingdom'),
+    u'GA': N_('Gabon'),
+    u'SV': N_('El Salvador'),
+    u'GN': N_('Guinea'),
+    u'GM': N_('Gambia'),
+    u'GL': N_('Greenland'),
+    u'GI': N_('Gibraltar'),
+    u'GH': N_('Ghana'),
+    u'OM': N_('Oman'),
+    u'TN': N_('Tunisia'),
+    u'JO': N_('Jordan'),
+    u'HT': N_('Haiti'),
+    u'HU': N_('Hungary'),
+    u'HK': N_('Hong Kong'),
+    u'HN': N_('Honduras'),
+    u'HM': N_('Heard and Mc Donald Islands'),
+    u'VE': N_('Venezuela'),
+    u'PR': N_('Puerto Rico'),
+    u'PW': N_('Pala'),
+    u'PT': N_('Portugal'),
+    u'SJ': N_('Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands'),
+    u'PY': N_('Paraguay'),
+    u'IQ': N_('Iraq'),
+    u'PA': N_('Panama'),
+    u'PF': N_('French Polynesia'),
+    u'PG': N_('Papua New Guinea'),
+    u'PE': N_('Per'),
+    u'PK': N_('Pakistan'),
+    u'PH': N_('Philippines'),
+    u'PN': N_('Pitcairn'),
+    u'PL': N_('Poland'),
+    u'PM': N_('St. Pierre and Miquelon'),
+    u'ZM': N_('Zambia'),
+    u'EH': N_('Western Sahara'),
+    u'EE': N_('Estonia'),
+    u'EG': N_('Egypt'),
+    u'ZA': N_('South Africa'),
+    u'EC': N_('Ecuador'),
+    u'IT': N_('Italy'),
+    u'VN': N_('Viet Nam'),
+    u'SB': N_('Solomon Islands'),
+    u'ET': N_('Ethiopia'),
+    u'SO': N_('Somalia'),
+    u'ZW': N_('Zimbabwe'),
+    u'SA': N_('Saudi Arabia'),
+    u'ES': N_('Spain'),
+    u'ER': N_('Eritrea'),
+    u'MD': N_('Moldova, Republic of'),
+    u'MG': N_('Madagascar'),
+    u'MA': N_('Morocco'),
+    u'MC': N_('Monaco'),
+    u'UZ': N_('Uzbekistan'),
+    u'MM': N_('Myanmar'),
+    u'ML': N_('Mali'),
+    u'MO': N_('Maca'),
+    u'MN': N_('Mongolia'),
+    u'MH': N_('Marshall Islands'),
+    u'MK': N_('Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of'),
+    u'MU': N_('Mauritius'),
+    u'MT': N_('Malta'),
+    u'MW': N_('Malawi'),
+    u'MV': N_('Maldives'),
+    u'MQ': N_('Martinique'),
+    u'MP': N_('Northern Mariana Islands'),
+    u'MS': N_('Montserrat'),
+    u'MR': N_('Mauritania'),
+    u'UG': N_('Uganda'),
+    u'MY': N_('Malaysia'),
+    u'MX': N_('Mexico'),
+    u'IL': N_('Israel'),
+    u'FR': N_('France'),
+    u'IO': N_('British Indian Ocean Territory'),
+    u'SH': N_('St. Helena'),
+    u'FI': N_('Finland'),
+    u'FJ': N_('Fiji'),
+    u'FK': N_('Falkland Islands (Malvinas)'),
+    u'FM': N_('Micronesia, Federated States of'),
+    u'FO': N_('Faroe Islands'),
+    u'NI': N_('Nicaragua'),
+    u'NL': N_('Netherlands'),
+    u'NO': N_('Norway'),
+    u'NA': N_('Namibia'),
+    u'VU': N_('Vanuat'),
+    u'NC': N_('New Caledonia'),
+    u'NE': N_('Niger'),
+    u'NF': N_('Norfolk Island'),
+    u'NG': N_('Nigeria'),
+    u'NZ': N_('New Zealand'),
+    u'ZR': N_('Zaire'),
+    u'NP': N_('Nepal'),
+    u'NR': N_('Naur'),
+    u'NU': N_('Niue'),
+    u'CK': N_('Cook Islands'),
+    u'CI': N_('Cote d\'Ivoire'),
+    u'CH': N_('Switzerland'),
+    u'CO': N_('Colombia'),
+    u'CN': N_('China'),
+    u'CM': N_('Cameroon'),
+    u'CL': N_('Chile'),
+    u'CC': N_('Cocos (Keeling) Islands'),
+    u'CA': N_('Canada'),
+    u'CG': N_('Congo'),
+    u'CF': N_('Central African Republic'),
+    u'CZ': N_('Czech Republic'),
+    u'CY': N_('Cyprus'),
+    u'CX': N_('Christmas Island'),
+    u'CR': N_('Costa Rica'),
+    u'CV': N_('Cape Verde'),
+    u'CU': N_('Cuba'),
+    u'SZ': N_('Swaziland'),
+    u'SY': N_('Syrian Arab Republic'),
+    u'KG': N_('Kyrgyzstan'),
+    u'KE': N_('Kenya'),
+    u'SR': N_('Suriname'),
+    u'KI': N_('Kiribati'),
+    u'KH': N_('Cambodia'),
+    u'KN': N_('Saint Kitts and Nevis'),
+    u'KM': N_('Comoros'),
+    u'ST': N_('Sao Tome and Principe'),
+    u'SI': N_('Slovenia'),
+    u'KW': N_('Kuwait'),
+    u'SN': N_('Senegal'),
+    u'SM': N_('San Marino'),
+    u'SL': N_('Sierra Leone'),
+    u'SC': N_('Seychelles'),
+    u'KZ': N_('Kazakhstan'),
+    u'KY': N_('Cayman Islands'),
+    u'SG': N_('Singapore'),
+    u'SE': N_('Sweden'),
+    u'SD': N_('Sudan'),
+    u'DO': N_('Dominican Republic'),
+    u'DM': N_('Dominica'),
+    u'DJ': N_('Djibouti'),
+    u'DK': N_('Denmark'),
+    u'VG': N_('Virgin Islands (British)'),
+    u'DE': N_('Germany'),
+    u'YE': N_('Yemen'),
+    u'DZ': N_('Algeria'),
+    u'US': N_('United States'),
+    u'UY': N_('Uruguay'),
+    u'YT': N_('Mayotte'),
+    u'UM': N_('United States Minor Outlying Islands'),
+    u'LB': N_('Lebanon'),
+    u'LC': N_('Saint Lucia'),
+    u'LA': N_('Lao People\'s Democratic Republic'),
+    u'TV': N_('Tuval'),
+    u'TW': N_('Taiwan'),
+    u'TT': N_('Trinidad and Tobago'),
+    u'TR': N_('Turkey'),
+    u'LK': N_('Sri Lanka'),
+    u'LI': N_('Liechtenstein'),
+    u'LV': N_('Latvia'),
+    u'TO': N_('Tonga'),
+    u'LT': N_('Lithuania'),
+    u'LU': N_('Luxembourg'),
+    u'LR': N_('Liberia'),
+    u'LS': N_('Lesotho'),
+    u'TH': N_('Thailand'),
+    u'TF': N_('French Southern Territories'),
+    u'TG': N_('Togo'),
+    u'TD': N_('Chad'),
+    u'TC': N_('Turks and Caicos Islands'),
+    u'LY': N_('Libyan Arab Jamahiriya'),
+    u'VA': N_('Vatican City State (Holy See)'),
+    u'VC': N_('Saint Vincent and The Grenadines'),
+    u'AE': N_('United Arab Emirates'),
+    u'AD': N_('Andorra'),
+    u'AG': N_('Antigua and Barbuda'),
+    u'AF': N_('Afghanistan'),
+    u'AI': N_('Anguilla'),
+    u'VI': N_('Virgin Islands (U.S.)'),
+    u'IS': N_('Iceland'),
+    u'IR': N_('Iran (Islamic Republic of)'),
+    u'AM': N_('Armenia'),
+    u'AL': N_('Albania'),
+    u'AO': N_('Angola'),
+    u'AN': N_('Netherlands Antilles'),
+    u'AQ': N_('Antarctica'),
+    u'AS': N_('American Samoa'),
+    u'AR': N_('Argentina'),
+    u'AU': N_('Australia'),
+    u'AT': N_('Austria'),
+    u'AW': N_('Aruba'),
+    u'IN': N_('India'),
+    u'TZ': N_('Tanzania, United Republic of'),
+    u'AZ': N_('Azerbaijan'),
+    u'IE': N_('Ireland'),
+    u'ID': N_('Indonesia'),
+    u'UA': N_('Ukraine'),
+    u'QA': N_('Qatar'),
+    u'MZ': N_('Mozambique'),
+    u'BA': N_('Bosnia and Herzegovina'),
+    u'CD': N_('Congo, The Democratic Republic of the'),
+    u'CS': N_('Serbia and Montenegro'),
+    u'HR': N_('Croatia'),
+    u'KP': N_('Korea (North), Democratic People\'s Republic of'),
+    u'KR': N_('Korea (South), Republic of'),
+    u'SK': N_('Slovakia'),
+    u'SU': N_('Soviet Union (historical, 1922-1991)'),
+    u'TL': N_('East Timor'),
+    u'XC': N_('Czechoslovakia (historical, 1918-1992)'),
+    u'XE': N_('Europe'),
+    u'XG': N_('East Germany (historical, 1949-1990)'),
+    u'XU': N_('[Unknown Country]'),
+    u'XW': N_('[Worldwide]'),
+    u'YU': N_('Yugoslavia (historical, 1918-1992)'),
+}
diff --git a/picard/ui/options/metadata.py b/picard/ui/options/metadata.py
index 45a6105b2..24038a04e 100644
--- a/picard/ui/options/metadata.py
+++ b/picard/ui/options/metadata.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
 from picard.config import BoolOption, TextOption
 from picard.ui.options import OptionsPage, OptionsCheckError, register_options_page
 from picard.ui.ui_options_metadata import Ui_MetadataOptionsPage
+from picard.const import RELEASE_COUNTRIES
+import operator
 
 
 class MetadataOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ class MetadataOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
         BoolOption("setting", "release_ars", True),
         BoolOption("setting", "track_ars", False),
         BoolOption("setting", "folksonomy_tags", False),
+        TextOption("setting", "preferred_release_country", u""),
     ]
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
@@ -46,12 +49,17 @@ class MetadataOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
         self.ui.setupUi(self)
         self.connect(self.ui.va_name_default, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.set_va_name_default)
         self.connect(self.ui.nat_name_default, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.set_nat_name_default)
+        self.ui.preferred_release_country.addItem(N_("None"), QtCore.QVariant(""))
+        for country, name in sorted(RELEASE_COUNTRIES.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1)):
+            self.ui.preferred_release_country.addItem(name, QtCore.QVariant(country))
 
     def load(self):
         self.ui.translate_artist_names.setChecked(self.config.setting["translate_artist_names"])
         self.ui.release_ars.setChecked(self.config.setting["release_ars"])
         self.ui.track_ars.setChecked(self.config.setting["track_ars"])
         self.ui.folksonomy_tags.setChecked(self.config.setting["folksonomy_tags"])
+        current_release_country = QtCore.QVariant(self.config.setting["preferred_release_country"])
+        self.ui.preferred_release_country.setCurrentIndex(self.ui.preferred_release_country.findData(current_release_country))
         self.ui.va_name.setText(self.config.setting["va_name"])
         self.ui.nat_name.setText(self.config.setting["nat_name"])
 
@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ class MetadataOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
         self.config.setting["release_ars"] = self.ui.release_ars.isChecked()
         self.config.setting["track_ars"] = self.ui.track_ars.isChecked()
         self.config.setting["folksonomy_tags"] = self.ui.folksonomy_tags.isChecked()
+        self.config.setting["preferred_release_country"] = self.ui.preferred_release_country.itemData(self.ui.preferred_release_country.currentIndex()).toString()
         self.config.setting["va_name"] = self.ui.va_name.text()
         self.config.setting["nat_name"] = self.ui.nat_name.text()
 
diff --git a/picard/ui/ui_options_metadata.py b/picard/ui/ui_options_metadata.py
index dd81a6671..cda3159c7 100644
--- a/picard/ui/ui_options_metadata.py
+++ b/picard/ui/ui_options_metadata.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Form implementation generated from reading ui file 'ui/options_metadata.ui'
 #
-# Created: Sat Feb 16 19:53:00 2008
+# Created: Tue Apr  1 21:09:17 2008
 #      by: PyQt4 UI code generator 4.3
 #
 # WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
 class Ui_MetadataOptionsPage(object):
     def setupUi(self, MetadataOptionsPage):
         MetadataOptionsPage.setObjectName("MetadataOptionsPage")
-        MetadataOptionsPage.resize(QtCore.QSize(QtCore.QRect(0,0,387,302).size()).expandedTo(MetadataOptionsPage.minimumSizeHint()))
+        MetadataOptionsPage.resize(QtCore.QSize(QtCore.QRect(0,0,415,355).size()).expandedTo(MetadataOptionsPage.minimumSizeHint()))
 
         self.vboxlayout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(MetadataOptionsPage)
         self.vboxlayout.setObjectName("vboxlayout")
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ class Ui_MetadataOptionsPage(object):
         self.folksonomy_tags = QtGui.QCheckBox(self.rename_files)
         self.folksonomy_tags.setObjectName("folksonomy_tags")
         self.gridlayout.addWidget(self.folksonomy_tags,3,0,1,1)
+
+        self.preferred_release_country = QtGui.QComboBox(self.rename_files)
+        self.preferred_release_country.setObjectName("preferred_release_country")
+        self.gridlayout.addWidget(self.preferred_release_country,5,0,1,1)
+
+        self.label = QtGui.QLabel(self.rename_files)
+        self.label.setObjectName("label")
+        self.gridlayout.addWidget(self.label,4,0,1,1)
         self.vboxlayout.addWidget(self.rename_files)
 
         self.rename_files_2 = QtGui.QGroupBox(MetadataOptionsPage)
@@ -91,6 +99,7 @@ class Ui_MetadataOptionsPage(object):
         self.release_ars.setText(_("Use release relationships"))
         self.track_ars.setText(_("Use track relationships"))
         self.folksonomy_tags.setText(_("Use folksonomy tags as genre"))
+        self.label.setText(_("Preferred release country:"))
         self.rename_files_2.setTitle(_("Custom Fields"))
         self.label_3.setText(_("Various artists:"))
         self.label_4.setText(_("Non-album tracks:"))
diff --git a/ui/options_metadata.ui b/ui/options_metadata.ui
index 0989645b5..0cc2d48fd 100644
--- a/ui/options_metadata.ui
+++ b/ui/options_metadata.ui
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>387</width>
-    <height>302</height>
+    <width>415</width>
+    <height>355</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="5" column="0" >
+       <widget class="QComboBox" name="preferred_release_country" />
+      </item>
+      <item row="4" column="0" >
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="label" >
+        <property name="text" >
+         <string>Preferred release country:</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>