diff --git a/srcpkgs/leafpad/template b/srcpkgs/leafpad/template
index bf925ca462f..bd613e392ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/leafpad/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/leafpad/template
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'leafpad'
 pkgname=leafpad
 version=0.8.18.1
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-locales-dir=/usr/share/locale"
 hostmakedepends="intltool pkg-config"
 makedepends="gettext-devel gtk+-devel desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="GTK+ Simple text editor"
-maintainer="Carlo Dormeletti <carloDOTdormelettiATaliceDOTit>"
+maintainer="Carlo Dormeletti <carlo.dormeletti@alice.it>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/"
 distfiles="http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/leafpad/leafpad-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=959d22ae07f22803bc66ff40d373a854532a6e4732680bf8a96a3fbcb9f80a2c
 
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i -e 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' \
+		-e 's,localedir=.*eval echo.*,localedir=/usr/share/locale,' \
+		configure
+}