diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 75348b95..c7657a6a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ clapper_version_suffix = '-' + version_array[0] + '.0'
 
 clapper_api_name = meson.project_name() + clapper_version_suffix
 
+devenv = environment()
+
 gnome = import('gnome')
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
 i18n = import('i18n')
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ endif
 subdir('src')
 subdir('doc')
 
+meson.add_devenv(devenv)
+
 summary({
   'prefix': prefix,
   'bindir': bindir,
diff --git a/src/bin/clapper-app/main.c b/src/bin/clapper-app/main.c
index fe53c76e..cd33040e 100644
--- a/src/bin/clapper-app/main.c
+++ b/src/bin/clapper-app/main.c
@@ -29,13 +29,16 @@
 gint
 main (gint argc, gchar **argv)
 {
+  const gchar *clapper_ldir;
   GApplication *application;
   gint status;
 
   g_setenv ("GSK_RENDERER", "gl", FALSE);
 
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-  bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  if (!(clapper_ldir = g_getenv ("CLAPPER_APP_OVERRIDE_LOCALEDIR")))
+    clapper_ldir = LOCALEDIR;
+  bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, clapper_ldir);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
   textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 
diff --git a/src/bin/clapper-app/meson.build b/src/bin/clapper-app/meson.build
index 9e50a7ac..70e9d168 100644
--- a/src/bin/clapper-app/meson.build
+++ b/src/bin/clapper-app/meson.build
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ clapperapp_conf_inc = [
 ]
 
 config_h = configuration_data()
-config_h.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name() + '-gtk')
+config_h.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name() + '-app')
 config_h.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', join_paths (prefix, localedir))
 config_h.set_quoted('CLAPPER_APP_NAME', 'Clapper')
 config_h.set_quoted('CLAPPER_APP_ID', app_id)
diff --git a/src/bin/clapper-app/po/meson.build b/src/bin/clapper-app/po/meson.build
index b166bffe..e74e8800 100644
--- a/src/bin/clapper-app/po/meson.build
+++ b/src/bin/clapper-app/po/meson.build
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 i18n.gettext(meson.project_name() + '-app', preset: 'glib')
+
+devenv.set('CLAPPER_APP_OVERRIDE_LOCALEDIR', meson.current_build_dir())
diff --git a/src/lib/clapper-gtk/clapper-gtk-utils.c b/src/lib/clapper-gtk/clapper-gtk-utils.c
index bc0f3364..89ceb6bf 100644
--- a/src/lib/clapper-gtk/clapper-gtk-utils.c
+++ b/src/lib/clapper-gtk/clapper-gtk-utils.c
@@ -62,10 +62,14 @@ clapper_gtk_get_player_from_ancestor (GtkWidget *widget)
 void
 clapper_gtk_init_translations (void)
 {
+  const gchar *clapper_gtk_ldir;
+
   if (initialized)
     return;
 
-  bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  if (!(clapper_gtk_ldir = g_getenv ("CLAPPER_GTK_OVERRIDE_LOCALEDIR")))
+    clapper_gtk_ldir = LOCALEDIR;
+  bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, clapper_gtk_ldir);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 
   initialized = TRUE;
diff --git a/src/lib/clapper-gtk/meson.build b/src/lib/clapper-gtk/meson.build
index 8c989a73..0a9db374 100644
--- a/src/lib/clapper-gtk/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/clapper-gtk/meson.build
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endforeach
 subdir('po')
 
 config_h = configuration_data()
-config_h.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name() + '-app')
+config_h.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name() + '-gtk')
 config_h.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', join_paths (prefix, localedir))
 config_h.set_quoted('CLAPPER_GTK_RESOURCE_PREFIX', clappergtk_resource_prefix)
 
diff --git a/src/lib/clapper-gtk/po/meson.build b/src/lib/clapper-gtk/po/meson.build
index 8072d4d9..b4d2dee8 100644
--- a/src/lib/clapper-gtk/po/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/clapper-gtk/po/meson.build
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 i18n.gettext(meson.project_name() + '-gtk', preset: 'glib')
+
+devenv.set('CLAPPER_GTK_OVERRIDE_LOCALEDIR', meson.current_build_dir())