diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.9/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.9/default.nix
index b5b030f7696..cbbb98159ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.9/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./nss-skip-unavail.patch
 
     /* Make it possible to override the locale-archive in NixOS. */
-    # ./locale-override.patch
+    ./locale-override.patch
   ];
 
   # `--with-tls --without-__thread' enables support for TLS but causes
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3cbe3e60215..2f563302009 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3049,10 +3049,10 @@ let
 
   glibc29 = import ../development/libraries/glibc-2.9 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv kernelHeaders;
-    installLocales = getPkgConfig "glibc" "locales" true;
+    installLocales = getPkgConfig "glibc" "locales" false;
   };
 
-  glibcLocales = import ../development/libraries/glibc-2.9/locales.nix {
+  glibcLocales = makeOverridable (import ../development/libraries/glibc-2.9/locales.nix) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index 7c769b84e80..0294c4c223d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ in {
   ghostscriptX = linux;
   gimp = linux;
   git = linux;
+  glibc = linux;
+  glibcLocales = linux;
   gnash = linux;
   gnugrep = all;
   gnum4 = all;