diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-mime-data/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-mime-data/template
index 937e9dad473..4bb4769baa2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-mime-data/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-mime-data/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-mime-data'
 pkgname=gnome-mime-data
 version=2.18.0
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-locales-dir=/usr/share/locale"
 hostmakedepends="intltool shared-mime-info"
 makedepends="shared-mime-info"
 depends="shared-mime-info"
@@ -12,5 +13,8 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/2.18/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=37196b5b37085bbcd45c338c36e26898fe35dd5975295f69f48028b1e8436fd7
-
 conf_files="/etc/gnome-vfs-mime-magic"
+
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i -e 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' configure
+}