diff --git a/srcpkgs/GConf/patches/locale.patch b/srcpkgs/GConf/patches/locale.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f7e22cd2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/GConf/patches/locale.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Index: configure
+===================================================================
+--- configure.orig
++++ configure
+@@ -18589,8 +18589,8 @@ fi
+             DATADIRNAME=share
+ 	    ;;
+ 	    *)
+-	    CATOBJEXT=.mo
+-            DATADIRNAME=lib
++	    CATOBJEXT=.gmo
++            DATADIRNAME=share
+ 	    ;;
+ 	    esac
+ fi