diff --git i/src/qmapshack/setup/CAppSetupLinux.cpp w/src/qmapshack/setup/CAppSetupLinux.cpp
index 7581ef32..26eba3c8 100644
--- i/src/qmapshack/setup/CAppSetupLinux.cpp
+++ w/src/qmapshack/setup/CAppSetupLinux.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void CAppSetupLinux::initQMapShack() {
   prepareGdal("", "");
 
   // setup translators
-  QString resourceDir = QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath);
+  QLatin1String resourceDir = QLatin1String("@qttranslations@/translations");
   QString translationPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
   translationPath.replace(QRegExp("bin$"), "share/qmapshack/translations");
   prepareTranslator(resourceDir, "qt_");
diff --git i/src/qmapshack/setup/CAppSetupMac.cpp w/src/qmapshack/setup/CAppSetupMac.cpp
index 37602802..ae4a5a23 100644
--- i/src/qmapshack/setup/CAppSetupMac.cpp
+++ w/src/qmapshack/setup/CAppSetupMac.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void CAppSetupMac::initQMapShack() {
 
   // setup translators
   QString translationPath = getApplicationDir(relTranslationDir).absolutePath();
-  prepareTranslator(translationPath, "qt_");
+  prepareTranslator(QLatin1String("@qttranslations@/translations"), "qt_");
   prepareTranslator(translationPath, "qmapshack_");
 
   // load and apply style sheet
diff --git i/src/qmaptool/setup/CAppSetupLinux.cpp w/src/qmaptool/setup/CAppSetupLinux.cpp
index b703e7bb..637d653e 100644
--- i/src/qmaptool/setup/CAppSetupLinux.cpp
+++ w/src/qmaptool/setup/CAppSetupLinux.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void CAppSetupLinux::initQMapTool() {
   prepareGdal("", "");
 
   // setup translators
-  QString resourceDir = QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath);
+  QLatin1String resourceDir = QLatin1String("@qttranslations@/translations");
   QString translationPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
   translationPath.replace(QRegExp("bin$"), "share/qmaptool/translations");
   prepareTranslator(resourceDir, "qt_");
diff --git i/src/qmaptool/setup/CAppSetupMac.cpp w/src/qmaptool/setup/CAppSetupMac.cpp
index dd68b9c1..84351cf4 100644
--- i/src/qmaptool/setup/CAppSetupMac.cpp
+++ w/src/qmaptool/setup/CAppSetupMac.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void CAppSetupMac::initQMapTool() {
 
   // setup translators
   QString translationPath = getApplicationDir(relTranslationDir).absolutePath();
-  prepareTranslator(translationPath, "qt_");
+  prepareTranslator(QLatin1String("@qttranslations@/translations"), "qt_");
   prepareTranslator(translationPath, "qmaptool_");
 
   migrateDirContent(defaultCachePath());
diff --git i/src/qmt_rgb2pct/main.cpp w/src/qmt_rgb2pct/main.cpp
index 589d3d52..5f7c12f8 100644
--- i/src/qmt_rgb2pct/main.cpp
+++ w/src/qmt_rgb2pct/main.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void prepareTranslator(QString translationPath, QString translationPrefix
 static void loadTranslations() {
 #if defined(Q_OS_LINUX) || defined(Q_OS_FREEBSD) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined(__GNU__) || \
     defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN)
-  QString resourceDir = QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath);
+  QLatin1String resourceDir = QLatin1String("@qttranslations@/translations");
   QString translationPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
   translationPath.replace(QRegExp("bin$"), "share/" APP_STR "/translations");
   prepareTranslator(resourceDir, "qt_");
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void loadTranslations() {
   // os x
   static QString relTranslationDir = "Resources/translations";  // app
   QString translationPath = getApplicationDir(relTranslationDir).absolutePath();
-  prepareTranslator(translationPath, "qt_");
+  prepareTranslator(QLatin1String("@qttranslations@/translations"), "qt_");
   prepareTranslator(translationPath, APP_STR "_");
 #endif