diff --git a/srcpkgs/pidgin-privacy-please/template b/srcpkgs/pidgin-privacy-please/template
index 6b9c1d15be0..18499372923 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pidgin-privacy-please/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pidgin-privacy-please/template
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'pidgin-privacy-please'
 pkgname=pidgin-privacy-please
 version=0.7.1
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="libpurple-devel pidgin-devel glib-devel"
-hostmakedepends="automake intltool libtool pkg-config $makedepends"
+configure_args="--with-locales-dir=/usr/share/locale"
+hostmakedepends="automake intltool libtool pkg-config libpurple-devel
+ pidgin-devel glib-devel"
+makedepends="libpurple-devel pidgin-devel libglib-devel"
 depends="pidgin"
 short_desc="Pidgin plugin to stop spam"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
@@ -12,3 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://packages.debian.org/sid/pidgin-privacy-please"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/p/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
 checksum=8134bcd5da98fe8b4c9918fd420c7e68b0990e895ed2534396cacbf473f2615c
+
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i -e 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' configure
+}