diff --git a/srcpkgs/sylpheed/patches/fix-localedir.patch b/srcpkgs/sylpheed/patches/fix-localedir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f80650db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sylpheed/patches/fix-localedir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/po/Makefile.in.in	2008-11-13 07:05:30.000000000 +0100
++++ b/po/Makefile.in.in	2021-11-12 11:45:02.993224538 +0100
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ datarootdir = @datarootdir@
+ datadir = @datadir@
+ libdir = @libdir@
+-localedir = $(libdir)/locale
++localedir = $(datadir)/locale
+ gnulocaledir = $(datadir)/locale
+ gettextsrcdir = $(datadir)/glib-2.0/gettext/po
+ subdir = po
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sylpheed/template b/srcpkgs/sylpheed/template
index 5df8312b53..7fbf25276f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sylpheed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sylpheed/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'sylpheed'
 pkgname=sylpheed
 version=3.7.0
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-compface --disable-gtkspell --enable-ldap --with-gpgme-prefix=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config flex gettext-devel gtk+-devel gpgme-devel glib-devel"