diff --git a/components/resources/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ResourceEnvironment.kt b/components/resources/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ResourceEnvironment.kt
index b39ce64153..00f322fb09 100644
--- a/components/resources/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ResourceEnvironment.kt
+++ b/components/resources/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ResourceEnvironment.kt
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ internal var getResourceEnvironment = ::getSystemEnvironment
 internal fun Resource.getResourceItemByEnvironment(environment: ResourceEnvironment): ResourceItem {
     //Priority of environments: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/providing-resources#table2
     items.toList()
-        .filterBy(environment.language)
-        .also { if (it.size == 1) return it.first() }
-        .filterBy(environment.region)
+        .filterByLocale(environment.language, environment.region)
         .also { if (it.size == 1) return it.first() }
         .filterBy(environment.theme)
         .also { if (it.size == 1) return it.first() }
@@ -84,4 +82,34 @@ private fun List<ResourceItem>.filterBy(qualifier: Qualifier): List<ResourceItem
     return filter { item ->
         item.qualifiers.none { it::class == qualifier::class }
     }
+}
+
+// we need to filter by language and region together because there is slightly different logic:
+// 1) if there is the exact match language+region then use it
+// 2) if there is the language WITHOUT region match then use it
+// 3) in other cases use items WITHOUT language and region qualifiers at all
+// issue: https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/issues/4571
+private fun List<ResourceItem>.filterByLocale(language: LanguageQualifier, region: RegionQualifier): List<ResourceItem> {
+    val withLanguage = filter { item ->
+        item.qualifiers.any { it == language }
+    }
+
+    val withExactLocale = withLanguage.filter { item ->
+        item.qualifiers.any { it == region }
+    }
+
+    //if there are the exact language + the region items
+    if (withExactLocale.isNotEmpty()) return withExactLocale
+
+    val withDefaultRegion = withLanguage.filter { item ->
+        item.qualifiers.none { it is RegionQualifier }
+    }
+
+    //if there are the language without a region items
+    if (withDefaultRegion.isNotEmpty()) return withDefaultRegion
+
+    //items without any locale qualifiers
+    return filter { item ->
+        item.qualifiers.none { it is LanguageQualifier || it is RegionQualifier }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/components/resources/library/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ResourceTest.kt b/components/resources/library/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ResourceTest.kt
index 8f1f8b36de..61bccc16c0 100644
--- a/components/resources/library/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ResourceTest.kt
+++ b/components/resources/library/src/commonTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/resources/ResourceTest.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class ResourceTest {
                 ResourceItem(setOf(), "default", -1, -1),
                 ResourceItem(setOf(LanguageQualifier("en")), "en", -1, -1),
                 ResourceItem(setOf(LanguageQualifier("en"), RegionQualifier("US"), XHDPI), "en-rUS-xhdpi", -1, -1),
+                ResourceItem(setOf(LanguageQualifier("de"), RegionQualifier("US")), "de-rUS", -1, -1),
                 ResourceItem(setOf(LanguageQualifier("fr"), LIGHT), "fr-light", -1, -1),
                 ResourceItem(setOf(DARK), "dark", -1, -1),
             )
@@ -48,6 +49,18 @@ class ResourceTest {
             "en",
             resource.getResourceItemByEnvironment(env("en", "IN", LIGHT, LDPI)).path
         )
+        assertEquals(
+            "de-rUS",
+            resource.getResourceItemByEnvironment(env("de", "US", LIGHT, LDPI)).path
+        )
+        assertEquals(
+            "default",
+            resource.getResourceItemByEnvironment(env("de", "", LIGHT, LDPI)).path
+        )
+        assertEquals(
+            "default",
+            resource.getResourceItemByEnvironment(env("de", "IN", LIGHT, LDPI)).path
+        )
         assertEquals(
             "default",
             resource.getResourceItemByEnvironment(env("ch", "", LIGHT, MDPI)).path