diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnubg/template b/srcpkgs/gnubg/template
index d358e93a072..d9f5efb8f15 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnubg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnubg/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'gnubg'
 pkgname=gnubg
 version=1.08.003
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-cputest ax_cv_gcc_x86_cpuid_0x00000001=6000000
- --with-gtk3"
+ --with-gtk3 --localedir=/usr/share/locale"
 hostmakedepends="flex gdk-pixbuf-devel gettext pkg-config python3-devel"
 makedepends="libcurl-devel libglib-devel gtk+3-devel libepoxy-devel python3-devel
  glu-devel libcanberra-devel readline-devel readline sqlite-devel"
@@ -34,3 +34,12 @@ pre_configure() {
 		export PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python${py3_ver}"
 	fi
 }
+
+post_configure() {
+	vsed -i -e 's:^localedir = .*:localedir = /usr/share/locale:' \
+		-e 's:^gnulocaledir = .*:gnulocaledir = /usr/share/locale:' po/Makefile
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/locale
+}