diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-mplayer/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-mplayer/template
index c965aad6e0..1ec6933794 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-mplayer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-mplayer/template
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-mplayer'
 pkgname=gnome-mplayer
 version=1.0.9
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-schemas-install"
+configure_args="--with-locales-dir=/usr/share/locale
+ --disable-schemas-install"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel"
 # XXX missing libgpod
 makedepends="dbus-glib-devel libnotify-devel gtk+3-devel gmtk-devel
@@ -18,3 +19,8 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/kdekorte/gnome-mplayer/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=07e11bc42834dae14ad66f887e6045f2bea94eae7f797b624c9a099f806b5cde
 
 CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i -e 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' configure
+	vsed -i '/^localedir =/s/libdir/datadir/' po/Makefile.in.in
+}