diff --git a/common/i18n.c b/common/i18n.c
index b5a286439..60362cebb 100644
--- a/common/i18n.c
+++ b/common/i18n.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ i18n_init (void)
 #else
 # ifdef ENABLE_NLS
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "" );
-  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE_GT, LOCALEDIR);
+  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE_GT, gnupg_localedir ());
   textdomain (PACKAGE_GT);
 # endif
 #endif
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ i18n_localegettext (const char *lc_messages, const char *string)
   if (!setlocale (LC_MESSAGES, lc_messages))
     goto leave;
 
-  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE_GT, LOCALEDIR);
+  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE_GT, gnupg_localedir ());
   result = gettext (string);
   setlocale (LC_MESSAGES, saved);
-  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE_GT, LOCALEDIR);
+  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE_GT, gnupg_localedir ());
 
   /* Cache the result.  */
   if (!mh)
diff --git a/tools/gpgconf-comp.c b/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
index d8e75739f..73921ddb2 100644
--- a/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
+++ b/tools/gpgconf-comp.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ my_dgettext (const char *domain, const char *msgid)
           switched_codeset = 1;
           bind_textdomain_codeset (PACKAGE_GT, "utf-8");
 
-          bindtextdomain (DIRMNGR_NAME, LOCALEDIR);
+          bindtextdomain (DIRMNGR_NAME, gnupg_localedir ());
           bind_textdomain_codeset (DIRMNGR_NAME, "utf-8");
 
         }