diff --git a/share/colldef/Makefile b/share/colldef/Makefile
index 4b68f1e59a40..ab44994f181e 100644
--- a/share/colldef/Makefile
+++ b/share/colldef/Makefile
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ SYMLINKS=
 .for enc2 in ${ENCODINGS}
 .for lang_terr in ${${enc1}_${enc2}}
 SYMLINKS+=	../${lang_terr:C/:.*$//}.${enc1}/${FILESNAME} \
-		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}
+		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}/${FILESNAME}
 .endfor
 .endfor
 .endfor
diff --git a/share/mklocale/Makefile b/share/mklocale/Makefile
index b7f551e5e0eb..172d4d030e2a 100644
--- a/share/mklocale/Makefile
+++ b/share/mklocale/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ SYMLINKS=
 .for enc2 in ${ENCODINGS}
 .for lang_terr in ${${enc1}_${enc2}}
 SYMLINKS+=	../${lang_terr:C/:.*$//:C/.+$/&./}${enc1}/${FILESNAME} \
-		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}
+		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}/${FILESNAME}
 .endfor
 .endfor
 .endfor
diff --git a/share/monetdef/Makefile b/share/monetdef/Makefile
index 972f149dbe3e..d7b36107a688 100644
--- a/share/monetdef/Makefile
+++ b/share/monetdef/Makefile
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ SYMLINKS=
 .for enc2 in ${ENCODINGS}
 .for lang_terr in ${${enc1}_${enc2}}
 SYMLINKS+=	../${lang_terr:C/:.*$//}.${enc1}/${FILESNAME} \
-		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}
+		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}/${FILESNAME}
 .endfor
 .endfor
 .endfor
diff --git a/share/msgdef/Makefile b/share/msgdef/Makefile
index 069498f84ba6..5022756b846a 100644
--- a/share/msgdef/Makefile
+++ b/share/msgdef/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ SYMLINKS=
 .for enc2 in ${ENCODINGS}
 .for lang_terr in ${${enc1}_${enc2}}
 SYMLINKS+=	../${lang_terr:C/:.*$//}.${enc1}/${FILESNAME} \
-		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}
+		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}/${FILESNAME}
 .endfor
 .endfor
 .endfor
diff --git a/share/numericdef/Makefile b/share/numericdef/Makefile
index 2dc12f8e0f24..6264995c55a7 100644
--- a/share/numericdef/Makefile
+++ b/share/numericdef/Makefile
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ SYMLINKS=
 .for enc2 in ${ENCODINGS}
 .for lang_terr in ${${enc1}_${enc2}}
 SYMLINKS+=	../${lang_terr:C/:.*$//}.${enc1}/${FILESNAME} \
-		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}
+		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}/${FILESNAME}
 .endfor
 .endfor
 .endfor
diff --git a/share/timedef/Makefile b/share/timedef/Makefile
index 5a4060d0f558..1e589d8ee969 100644
--- a/share/timedef/Makefile
+++ b/share/timedef/Makefile
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ SYMLINKS=
 .for enc2 in ${ENCODINGS}
 .for lang_terr in ${${enc1}_${enc2}}
 SYMLINKS+=	../${lang_terr:C/:.*$//}.${enc1}/${FILESNAME} \
-		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}
+		${LOCALEDIR}/${lang_terr:C/^.*://}.${enc2}/${FILESNAME}
 .endfor
 .endfor
 .endfor