diff -p -up glibc-2.9/Makeconfig.orig glibc-2.9/Makeconfig
--- glibc-2.9/Makeconfig.orig	2008-08-18 05:42:17.000000000 -0400
+++ glibc-2.9/Makeconfig	2009-01-15 09:44:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ inst_zonedir = $(install_root)$(zonedir)
 
 # Where to install the locale files.
 ifndef localedir
-localedir = $(libdir)/locale
+localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 endif
 inst_localedir = $(install_root)$(localedir)