diff --git a/include/paths.h b/include/paths.h
index 9af602635552..a0c3c9de6136 100644
--- a/include/paths.h
+++ b/include/paths.h
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 #define	_PATH_GBDE	"/sbin/gbde"
 #define	_PATH_GELI	"/sbin/geli"
 #define	_PATH_HALT	"/sbin/halt"
-#ifdef COMPAT_32BIT
-#define	_PATH_I18NMODULE	"/usr/lib32/i18n"
+#ifdef COMPAT_libcompat
+#define	_PATH_I18NMODULE	"/usr/lib" COMPAT_libcompat "/i18n"
 #else
 #define	_PATH_I18NMODULE	"/usr/lib/i18n"
 #endif