diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/build b/tools/linux_packaging/build
index 5b1434f7bc..194a056b60 100755
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/build
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/build
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ if test x$WITH_NLS != x ; then
 	done
 
 	GTK_MESSAGES="atk10.mo gdk-pixbuf.mo gtk20-properties.mo gtk20.mo atk10.mo glib20.mo"
-	LOCALEROOT=/usr/share/locale
+	LOCALEROOT=$GTKSTACK_ROOT/share/locale
 
 	for l in $LINGUAS ; do
 		echo "Copying GTK i18n files for $l..."