diff --git a/aedi/target/library_tier1.py b/aedi/target/library_tier1.py
index dc212ebc..3a63ce34 100644
--- a/aedi/target/library_tier1.py
+++ b/aedi/target/library_tier1.py
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ class GlibTarget(BuildTarget):
     def prepare_source(self, state: BuildState):
         state.download_source(
             'https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.72/glib-2.72.3.tar.xz',
-            '4a39a2f624b8512d500d5840173eda7fa85f51c109052eae806acece85d345f0')
+            '4a39a2f624b8512d500d5840173eda7fa85f51c109052eae806acece85d345f0',
+            patches='glib-fix-paths')
 
     def detect(self, state: BuildState) -> bool:
         return state.has_source_file('glib.doap')
diff --git a/patch/glib-fix-paths.diff b/patch/glib-fix-paths.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9640455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/glib-fix-paths.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@
+ glib_conf.set('HAVE_DCGETTEXT', 1)
+ glib_conf.set('HAVE_GETTEXT', 1)
+ 
+-glib_conf.set_quoted('GLIB_LOCALE_DIR', join_paths(glib_datadir, 'locale'))
++glib_conf.set_quoted('GLIB_LOCALE_DIR', '/usr/local/share/locale')
+ 
+ # libmount is only used by gio, but we need to fetch the libs to generate the
+ # pkg-config file below
+--- a/glib/libcharset/meson.build
++++ b/glib/libcharset/meson.build
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+ charset_lib = static_library('charset', 'localcharset.c',
+   include_directories : configinc,
+   pic : true,
+-  c_args : [ '-DGLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR="@0@"'.format(glib_charsetaliasdir) ] + glib_hidden_visibility_args)
++  c_args : [ '-DGLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR="/usr/local/share/locale"' ] + glib_hidden_visibility_args)