diff --git a/recipes/tools/cosmic-store/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/cosmic-store/recipe.toml
index c8af9d57..44fcbdb8 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/cosmic-store/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/cosmic-store/recipe.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
-export GETTEXT_DIR="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
+export GETTEXT_DIR="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
 cookbook_cargo --no-default-features --features desktop,pkgar
 
 #TODO: install with just?
diff --git a/recipes/tools/cosmic-term/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/cosmic-term/recipe.toml
index 4fd348dc..da5845df 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/cosmic-term/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/cosmic-term/recipe.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
-export GETTEXT_DIR=${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr
+export GETTEXT_DIR="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
 cookbook_cargo --no-default-features
 
 mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/ui/apps"