diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/default.nix
index e03f4ec88c7..fe290fd69fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace configure --replace /bin/pwd pwd
     substituteInPlace qtbase/configure --replace /bin/pwd pwd
     substituteInPlace qtbase/src/corelib/global/global.pri --replace /bin/ls ${coreutils}/bin/ls
+    substituteInPlace qtbase/src/plugins/platforminputcontexts/compose/generator/qtablegenerator.cpp \
+        --replace /usr/share/X11/locale ${libX11}/share/X11/locale \
+        --replace /usr/lib/X11/locale ${libX11}/share/X11/locale
     sed -e 's@/\(usr\|opt\)/@/var/empty/@g' -i config.tests/*/*.test -i qtbase/mkspecs/*/*.conf
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.3.nix
index fdda7559d7a..1722a1e52a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/qt-5.3.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace configure --replace /bin/pwd pwd
     substituteInPlace qtbase/configure --replace /bin/pwd pwd
     substituteInPlace qtbase/src/corelib/global/global.pri --replace /bin/ls ${coreutils}/bin/ls
+    substituteInPlace qtbase/src/plugins/platforminputcontexts/compose/generator/qtablegenerator.cpp \
+        --replace /usr/share/X11/locale ${libX11}/share/X11/locale \
+        --replace /usr/lib/X11/locale ${libX11}/share/X11/locale
     sed -e 's@/\(usr\|opt\)/@/var/empty/@g' -i config.tests/*/*.test -i qtbase/mkspecs/*/*.conf
   '';