diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f427d00..4005ff8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -461,6 +461,11 @@ else
  
 endif
 
+libv3270_dep = declare_dependency(
+  link_with : dynamic,
+  include_directories : includes_dir,
+) 
+
 #static_library(
 #  'v3270', 
 #  config_src + lib_src,
diff --git a/src/terminal/macos/init.c b/src/terminal/macos/init.c
index d9b8cce..5c309a0 100644
--- a/src/terminal/macos/init.c
+++ b/src/terminal/macos/init.c
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
  #include <locale.h>
  #include <libintl.h>
  #include <lib3270/log.h>
-
+ #include <CoreFoundation/CFBundle.h>
+ #include <CoreFoundation/CFURL.h>
+ 
  int libv3270_loaded(void) __attribute__((constructor));
  int libv3270_unloaded(void) __attribute__((destructor));
 
@@ -40,9 +42,9 @@
 
  int libv3270_loaded(void) {
 
-	debug("LocaleDIR(%s)=%s",PACKAGE_NAME,LIB3270_STRINGIZE_VALUE_OF(LOCALEDIR));
-
-	bindtextdomain(PACKAGE_NAME, LIB3270_STRINGIZE_VALUE_OF(LOCALEDIR));
+	lib3270_autoptr(char) localedir = lib3270_build_data_filename("locale",NULL);
+	debug("LocaleDIR(%s)=%s",PACKAGE_NAME,localedir);
+	bindtextdomain(PACKAGE_NAME, localedir);
 	bind_textdomain_codeset(PACKAGE_NAME, "UTF-8");
 
  	return 0;