diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index bda189e304..19f6dfdd9a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ NetworkManager_CPPFLAGS = 							\
 	-DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\"					\
 	-DLOCALSTATEDIR=\"$(localstatedir)\"				\
 	-DNM_RUN_DIR=\"$(rundir)\"						\
-	-DGNOMELOCALEDIR=\"$(datadir)/locale\"				\
+	-DNMLOCALEDIR=\"$(datadir)/locale\"				\
 	-DARP_DEBUG
 
 NetworkManager_LDADD = 							\
diff --git a/src/NetworkManager.c b/src/NetworkManager.c
index 9bc29fdd37..b81c76ea92 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManager.c
+++ b/src/NetworkManager.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit (1);
 	}
 
-	bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, GNOMELOCALEDIR);
+	bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, NMLOCALEDIR);
 	bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 	textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);