diff --git a/lib/puppet/gettext/config.rb b/lib/puppet/gettext/config.rb
index 9314438332..fea5bad783 100644
--- lib/puppet/gettext/config.rb
+++ lib/puppet/gettext/config.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'puppet/file_system'
 
 module Puppet::GettextConfig
   LOCAL_PATH = File.absolute_path('../../../locales', File.dirname(__FILE__))
-  POSIX_PATH = File.absolute_path('../../../../../share/locale', File.dirname(__FILE__))
+  POSIX_PATH = '/usr/share/puppet-locale'
   WINDOWS_PATH = File.absolute_path('../../../../../../puppet/share/locale', File.dirname(__FILE__))
 
   # This is the only domain name that won't be a symbol, making it unique from environments.