diff --git a/src/libply/ply-i18n.h b/src/libply/ply-i18n.h
index 6e4e471b..4d06cb13 100644
--- a/src/libply/ply-i18n.h
+++ b/src/libply/ply-i18n.h
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@
 #ifndef PLY_I18N_H
 #define PLY_I18N_H
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 #include <libintl.h>
-#define _(String) dgettext (PACKAGE, String)
-#else
-#define _(String) (String)
-#endif
+#define _(String) dgettext ("plymouth", String)
 
 #endif /* PLY_I18N_H */
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 85bababa..d60b42e8 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ main (int    argc,
         state.loop = ply_event_loop_get_default ();
 
         /* Initialize the translations if they are available (!initrd) */
-        if (ply_directory_exists (PLYMOUTH_LOCALE_DIRECTORY))
+        if (ply_file_exists (PLYMOUTH_LOCALE_DIRECTORY "/nl/LC_MESSAGES/plymouth.mo"))
                 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 
         ply_command_parser_add_options (state.command_parser,
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 13ea0d98..bef3f712 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ plymouthd_deps = [
 ]
 
 plymouthd_cflags = [
-  '-DPLYMOUTH_LOCALE_DIRECTORY="@0@"'.format(get_option('localedir')),
-  '-DPLYMOUTH_DRM_ESCROW_DIRECTORY="@0@"'.format(get_option('libexecdir') / 'plymouth'),
+  '-DPLYMOUTH_LOCALE_DIRECTORY="@0@"'.format(get_option('prefix') / get_option('localedir')),
+  '-DPLYMOUTH_DRM_ESCROW_DIRECTORY="@0@"'.format(get_option('prefix') / get_option('libexecdir') / 'plymouth'),
   '-DPLYMOUTH_LOG_DIRECTORY="@0@"'.format('/var/log'),
   '-DPLYMOUTH_SPOOL_DIRECTORY="@0@"'.format(plymouthd_spool_dir),
 ]