diff --git a/cgi-bin/help.c b/cgi-bin/help.c
index 75f70d9..ac71b7a 100644
--- a/cgi-bin/help.c
+++ b/cgi-bin/help.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ main(int  argc,				/* I - Number of command-line arguments */
   int		i;			/* Looping var */
   const char	*query;			/* Search query */
   const char	*cache_dir;		/* CUPS_CACHEDIR environment variable */
-  const char	*docroot;		/* CUPS_DOCROOT environment variable */
+  const char	*docroot_env;		/* CUPS_DOCROOT environment variable */
+  char		docroot[1024];
   const char	*helpfile,		/* Current help file */
 		*helptitle = NULL;	/* Current help title */
   const char	*topic;			/* Current topic */
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ main(int  argc,				/* I - Number of command-line arguments */
   cups_file_t	*fp;			/* Help file */
   char		line[1024];		/* Line from file */
   int		printable;		/* Show printable version? */
+  char		*locale = NULL;
 
 
  /*
@@ -75,8 +77,24 @@ main(int  argc,				/* I - Number of command-line arguments */
 
   snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/help.index", cache_dir);
 
-  if ((docroot = getenv("CUPS_DOCROOT")) == NULL)
-    docroot = CUPS_DOCROOT;
+  if ((docroot_env = getenv("CUPS_DOCROOT")) == NULL)
+    docroot_env = CUPS_DOCROOT;
+
+  if(getenv("LANG"))
+  {
+    snprintf(docroot, sizeof(docroot), "%s.%s", docroot_env, getenv("LANG"));
+    locale=docroot+strlen(docroot_env)+1;
+    if(access(docroot,R_OK|X_OK))
+      if(strrchr(locale, '.'))
+	*strrchr(locale, '.')='\0';
+    if(access(docroot,R_OK|X_OK))
+      if(strrchr(locale, '_'))
+	*strrchr(locale, '_')='\0';
+    if(access(docroot,R_OK|X_OK))
+      locale=NULL;
+  }
+  if(locale == NULL)
+    snprintf(docroot, sizeof(docroot), "%s", docroot_env);
 
   snprintf(directory, sizeof(directory), "%s/help", docroot);