# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1189361141 0
# Node ID 09528558c0cd806a3e23a3ee012d3ac44d42451f
# Parent  258a6b12721d5aea9f8a69e9fdce8be78ecf7c7f
Ported [318] to 0.9.x branch.

diff --git a/babel/messages/frontend.py b/babel/messages/frontend.py
--- a/babel/messages/frontend.py
+++ b/babel/messages/frontend.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             if self.output_file:
                 mo_files.append(self.output_file)
             else:
-                mo_files.append(os.path.join(self.directory, locale,
+                mo_files.append(os.path.join(self.directory, self.locale,
                                              'LC_MESSAGES',
                                              self.domain + '.mo'))