diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 41c126b902f98a7a417279cec1f0095812d1c4df..ffd1a40dadc010117d3556beaebc2ba68cb3a9ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CVS code -
 	  -C, --relative, changes to do_cursorpos().
 - Makefile.am:
 	- Add SYSCONFDIR to DEFS, so we can have an /etc/nanorc.
+	- Change localedir line to 1.0's version.
 - rcfile.c
   parse_next_rege()
 	- Allow " symbol to be in regex without leading \ by checking
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 49e28a79c5b34a8e3f8cd3e237b85043150dd710..d0a02b157d8a83641e66668a993f6f8236f250f3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =	ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS BUGS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS \
 
 SUBDIRS = po intl
 
-localedir = @LOCALE_DIR@
+localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 INCLUDES = -Iintl -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" -I@includedir@
 
 $(srcdir)/acinclude.m4: $(ACINCLUDE_INPUTS)