diff --git a/src/Model/RecordLocale.php b/src/Model/RecordLocale.php
index 4374727c..a66e7945 100644
--- a/src/Model/RecordLocale.php
+++ b/src/Model/RecordLocale.php
@@ -360,23 +360,43 @@ public function getStagesDiffer(): bool
 
     /**
      * Get the locale which is the source of content for this record
+     * Source locale for frontend context is used by default as this is the most common use case,
+     * but you can optionally specify CMS context as well
+     * Passing null will fall back to whatever context is currently in use in global fluent state
      *
+     * @param bool|null $isFrontend
      * @return Locale|null
      */
-    public function getSourceLocale(): ?Locale
+    public function getSourceLocale(?bool $isFrontend = true): ?Locale
     {
+        $isFrontend ??= FluentState::singleton()->getIsFrontend();
+
         /** @var DataObject|FluentExtension $record */
         $record = $this->getOriginalRecord();
+        $config = $record->config();
+
+        $inheritanceMode = $isFrontend
+            ? $config->get('frontend_publish_required')
+            : $config->get('cms_localisation_required');
 
+        // This model has localised data in the current locale so the current locale is also the source locale
         if ($record->existsInLocale($this->getLocale())) {
             return $this->getLocaleObject();
         }
 
+        // This model requires localisation so fallback of any kind is not allowed
+        // hence the content can't come from another locale
+        // We don't have a source locale for such case
+        if ($inheritanceMode === FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_EXACT) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         foreach ($this->getLocaleObject()->Fallbacks() as $fallback) {
             if (!$record->existsInLocale($fallback->Locale)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // We found a locale to fall back to, so this will be our source locale
             return $fallback;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/php/Extension/LocaleInheritanceTest.php b/tests/php/Extension/LocaleInheritanceTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b617887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/php/Extension/LocaleInheritanceTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace TractorCow\Fluent\Tests\Extension;
+
+use Page;
+use SilverStripe\CMS\Model\SiteTree;
+use SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireTest;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\ValidationException;
+use SilverStripe\Versioned\Versioned;
+use TractorCow\Fluent\Extension\FluentExtension;
+use TractorCow\Fluent\Extension\FluentSiteTreeExtension;
+use TractorCow\Fluent\State\FluentState;
+
+class LocaleInheritanceTest extends SapphireTest
+{
+    protected static $fixture_file = 'LocaleInheritanceTest.yml';
+
+    protected static $required_extensions = [
+        SiteTree::class => [
+            FluentSiteTreeExtension::class,
+        ],
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $cmsInheritanceMode
+     * @param string $frontendInheritanceMode
+     * @param bool $frontendContext
+     * @param string $locale
+     * @param string|null $expected
+     * @return void
+     * @throws ValidationException
+     * @dataProvider sourceLocaleCasesProvider
+     */
+    public function testGetSourceLocale(
+        string $cmsInheritanceMode,
+        string $frontendInheritanceMode,
+        bool $frontendContext,
+        string $locale,
+        ?string $expected
+    ): void {
+        Page::config()
+            ->set('cms_localisation_required', $cmsInheritanceMode)
+            ->set('frontend_publish_required', $frontendInheritanceMode);
+
+        Versioned::withVersionedMode(function () use ($frontendContext, $locale, $expected): void {
+            // Make sure we have the correct stage set
+            Versioned::set_stage(Versioned::DRAFT);
+
+            // Create the page in the default locale
+            FluentState::singleton()->withState(
+                function (FluentState $state) use ($frontendContext, $locale, $expected): void {
+                    $state
+                        ->setLocale('en_US')
+                        ->setIsFrontend($frontendContext);
+
+                    /** @var Page|FluentExtension $page */
+                    $page = Page::create();
+                    $page->Title = 'Page title';
+                    $page->URLSegment = 'test-page';
+                    $page->write();
+
+                    $localeInformation = $page->LocaleInformation($locale);
+                    $sourceLocaleObject = $localeInformation->getSourceLocale($frontendContext);
+                    $sourceLocale = $sourceLocaleObject?->Locale;
+                    $this->assertEquals(
+                        $expected,
+                        $sourceLocale,
+                        'We expect a specific source locale (locale information)'
+                    );
+
+                    if (!$sourceLocale) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    // Re-fetch the page in the target locale
+                    $state->setLocale($locale);
+
+                    /** @var Page|FluentExtension $page */
+                    $page = Page::get()->byID($page->ID);
+
+                    $this->assertNotNull($page, 'We expect the page to be available in this locale');
+                    $sourceLocaleObject = $page->getSourceLocale($frontendContext);
+                    $this->assertEquals(
+                        $expected,
+                        $sourceLocaleObject->Locale,
+                        'We expect a specific source locale (page shorthand method)'
+                    );
+                }
+            );
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function sourceLocaleCasesProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'default locale, cms with any mode, frontend with any mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                true,
+                'en_US',
+                'en_US',
+            ],
+            'default locale, cms with exact mode, frontend with any mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_EXACT,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                true,
+                'en_US',
+                'en_US',
+            ],
+            'default locale, cms with any mode, frontend with exact mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_EXACT,
+                true,
+                'en_US',
+                'en_US',
+            ],
+            'fallback locale, cms with any mode, frontend with any mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                true,
+                'de_DE',
+                'en_US',
+            ],
+            'fallback locale, cms with exact mode, frontend with any mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_EXACT,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                true,
+                'de_DE',
+                'en_US',
+            ],
+            'fallback locale, cms with any mode, frontend with exact mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_EXACT,
+                true,
+                'de_DE',
+                null,
+            ],
+            'fallback locale, cms with any mode, frontend with fallback mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_FALLBACK,
+                true,
+                'de_DE',
+                'en_US',
+            ],
+            'fallback locale, cms with any mode, frontend with exact mode, cms context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_EXACT,
+                false,
+                'de_DE',
+                'en_US',
+            ],
+            'no fallback locale, cms with any mode, frontend with any mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                true,
+                'es_ES',
+                null,
+            ],
+            'no fallback locale, cms with exact mode, frontend with any mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_EXACT,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                true,
+                'es_ES',
+                null,
+            ],
+            'no fallback locale, cms with any mode, frontend with exact mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_EXACT,
+                true,
+                'es_ES',
+                null,
+            ],
+            'no fallback locale, cms with any mode, frontend with fallback mode, frontend context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_FALLBACK,
+                true,
+                'es_ES',
+                null,
+            ],
+            'no fallback locale, cms with any mode, frontend with exact mode, cms context' => [
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_ANY,
+                FluentExtension::INHERITANCE_MODE_EXACT,
+                false,
+                'es_ES',
+                null,
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/php/Extension/LocaleInheritanceTest.yml b/tests/php/Extension/LocaleInheritanceTest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f9fca82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/php/Extension/LocaleInheritanceTest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+TractorCow\Fluent\Model\Locale:
+  default:
+    Title: US English
+    Locale: en_US
+    IsGlobalDefault: true
+  german:
+    Title: German
+    Locale: de_DE
+    Fallbacks:
+      - =>TractorCow\Fluent\Model\Locale.default
+  spanish:
+    Title: Spanish
+    Locale: es_ES