diff --git a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
index f809371a87..778250e3ce 100644
--- a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
@@ -2443,7 +2443,7 @@ function set_language($lang = 'en_US', $encoding = "ISO8859-1") {
 	putenv("LANG={$lang}.{$encoding}");
 	setlocale(LC_ALL, "{$lang}.{$encoding}");
 	textdomain("pfSense");
-	bindtextdomain("pfSense","/usr/share/locale");
+	bindtextdomain("pfSense","/usr/local/share/locale");
 	bind_textdomain_codeset("pfSense","{$lang}.{$encoding}");
 }
 
diff --git a/usr/share/locale/en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.pot b/usr/local/share/locale/en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.pot
similarity index 100%
rename from usr/share/locale/en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.pot
rename to usr/local/share/locale/en_US.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.pot
diff --git a/usr/share/locale/pt_BR.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.mo b/usr/local/share/locale/pt_BR.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.mo
similarity index 100%
rename from usr/share/locale/pt_BR.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.mo
rename to usr/local/share/locale/pt_BR.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.mo
diff --git a/usr/share/locale/pt_BR.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.po b/usr/local/share/locale/pt_BR.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.po
similarity index 100%
rename from usr/share/locale/pt_BR.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.po
rename to usr/local/share/locale/pt_BR.ISO8859-1/LC_MESSAGES/pfSense.po