diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmpc/template b/srcpkgs/gmpc/template
index 7e2dcf1d506..f3283baafb8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gmpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmpc/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'gmpc'
 pkgname=gmpc
 version=11.8.16
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-locales-dir=/usr/share/locale"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config gob2 intltool vala"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel libSM-devel libmpd-devel libunique1-devel libsoup-devel sqlite-devel"
 depends="xdg-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ checksum=a69414f35396846733632ca9619921d7acda537ffd6d49bd84b444945cb76b2c
 
 LDFLAGS="-lm"
 
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i -e 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' configure
+}
+
 gmpc-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="gtk+-devel libmpd-devel"