diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d0edf4e4ee..9906697541 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-10-15  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
+
+	* src/Makefile.am: add a definition for localedir, so that locales
+	are found after installation (Kayvan)
+
 1999-10-14  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
 
 	* acinclude.m4 (LYX_CXX_CHEADERS): New macro. Checks whether the
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 30c8b0e469..670904fe5a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ lyx_DEPENDENCIES = mathed insets support/libsupport.a
 EXTRA_DIST = config.h.in stamp-h.in
 ETAGS_ARGS = --c++
 INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir}/images
+localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 lyx_SOURCES = \
 	BackStack.h \
 	BufferView.C \