diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxinput/template b/srcpkgs/lxinput/template
index f5689634fb8..8736f3f854a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxinput/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxinput/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'lxinput'
 pkgname=lxinput
 version=0.3.5
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-gtk3"
+configure_args="--with-locales-dir=/usr/share/locale --enable-gtk3"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils"
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://lxde.org/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/lxde/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=4e8f778a65a4afe2365b47e7899358aa4fab535343aa62c72a3cdc4cac1f6e88
+
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i -e 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' configure
+}