Index: glibc-2.27/intl/loadmsgcat.c
===================================================================
--- glibc-2.27.orig/intl/loadmsgcat.c
+++ glibc-2.27/intl/loadmsgcat.c
@@ -796,8 +796,27 @@ _nl_load_domain (struct loaded_l10nfile
   if (domain_file->filename == NULL)
     goto out;
 
-  /* Try to open the addressed file.  */
-  fd = open (domain_file->filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
+  /* Replace /locale/ with /usr/share/locale-langpack/ */
+  const char *langpackdir = "/usr/share/locale-langpack/";
+  char *filename_langpack = malloc (strlen (domain_file->filename) +
+				    strlen (langpackdir));
+  if (filename_langpack != NULL)
+    {
+      char *p = strstr (domain_file->filename, "/locale/");
+      if (p != NULL)
+       {
+         strcpy (filename_langpack, langpackdir);
+         strcpy (&filename_langpack[strlen (langpackdir)], p + 8);
+         fd = open (filename_langpack, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
+       }
+
+      free (filename_langpack);
+    }
+
+  if (fd == -1)
+    /* Try to open the addressed file.  */
+    fd = open (domain_file->filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
+
   if (fd == -1)
     goto out;