diff --git a/cmake/KF5I18nMacros.cmake.in b/cmake/KF5I18nMacros.cmake.in
--- a/cmake/KF5I18nMacros.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/KF5I18nMacros.cmake.in
@@ -108,45 +108,53 @@
         set(LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR share/locale)
     endif()
 
+    get_filename_component(absolute_podir ${podir} ABSOLUTE)
+
+    # we try to find the po directory in the binary directory, in case it was downloaded
+    # using ECM
+    if (NOT (EXISTS "${absolute_podir}" AND IS_DIRECTORY "${absolute_podir}"))
+        get_filename_component(absolute_podir ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${podir} ABSOLUTE)
+    endif()
+
+    if (NOT (EXISTS "${absolute_podir}" AND IS_DIRECTORY "${absolute_podir}"))
+        # Nothing to do if there's no podir and it would create an empty
+        # LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR in that case.
+        return()
+    endif()
+
     get_filename_component(dirname ${LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR} NAME)
     get_filename_component(destname ${LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR} DIRECTORY)
-
-    get_filename_component(absolute_podir ${podir} ABSOLUTE)
     string(MD5 pathmd5 ${absolute_podir})
 
-    # Nothing to do if there's no podir and it would create an empty
-    # LOCALE_INSTALL_DIR in that case.
-    if (EXISTS "${absolute_podir}" AND IS_DIRECTORY "${absolute_podir}")
-        add_custom_target(pofiles-${pathmd5} ALL
-            COMMENT "Generating mo..."
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-                    -DGETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE=${GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE}
-                    -DCOPY_TO=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname}
-                    -DPO_DIR=${absolute_podir}
-                    -P ${_ki18n_build_pofiles_script}
-        )
-        add_custom_target(tsfiles-${pathmd5} ALL
-            COMMENT "Generating ts..."
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-                    -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${KI18N_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
-                    -D_ki18n_pmap_compile_script=${_ki18n_pmap_compile_script}
-                    -DCOPY_TO=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname}
-                    -DPO_DIR=${absolute_podir}
-                    -P ${_ki18n_build_tsfiles_script}
-        )
-
-        if (NOT TARGET pofiles)
-            add_custom_target(pofiles)
-        endif()
-        if (NOT TARGET tsfiles)
-            add_custom_target(tsfiles)
-        endif()
-        add_dependencies(pofiles pofiles-${pathmd5})
-        add_dependencies(tsfiles tsfiles-${pathmd5})
-
-        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname})
-        install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname} DESTINATION ${destname})
+    add_custom_target(pofiles-${pathmd5} ALL
+        COMMENT "Generating mo..."
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+                -DGETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE=${GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE}
+                -DCOPY_TO=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname}
+                -DPO_DIR=${absolute_podir}
+                -P ${_ki18n_build_pofiles_script}
+    )
+    add_custom_target(tsfiles-${pathmd5} ALL
+        COMMENT "Generating ts..."
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+                -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${KI18N_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
+                -D_ki18n_pmap_compile_script=${_ki18n_pmap_compile_script}
+                -DCOPY_TO=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname}
+                -DPO_DIR=${absolute_podir}
+                -P ${_ki18n_build_tsfiles_script}
+    )
+
+    if (NOT TARGET pofiles)
+        add_custom_target(pofiles)
     endif()
+    if (NOT TARGET tsfiles)
+        add_custom_target(tsfiles)
+    endif()
+    add_dependencies(pofiles pofiles-${pathmd5})
+    add_dependencies(tsfiles tsfiles-${pathmd5})
+
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname})
+    install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${dirname} DESTINATION ${destname})
 endfunction()
 
 #install the scripts for a given language in the target folder
diff --git a/src/kcatalog.cpp b/src/kcatalog.cpp
--- a/src/kcatalog.cpp
+++ b/src/kcatalog.cpp
@@ -135,19 +135,23 @@
         }
     }
 
-    QString file = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation,
-                                          QStringLiteral("locale/") + relpath);
-    QString localeDir;
-    if (!file.isEmpty()) {
 #if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
-        // The exact file name must be returned on Android because libintl-lite loads a catalog by filename with bindtextdomain()
-        localeDir = file;
+// The exact file name must be returned on Android because libintl-lite loads a catalog by filename with bindtextdomain()
+    QString file = QDir::homePath()+QStringLiteral("/../qt-reserved-files/share/locale/") + relpath;
+    if (!QFile::exists(file)) {
+        file.clear();
+    }
+    return file;
 #else
+    const QString file = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("locale/") + relpath);
+
+    QString localeDir;
+    if (!file.isEmpty()) {
         // Path of the locale/ directory must be returned.
         localeDir = QFileInfo(file.left(file.size() - relpath.size())).absolutePath();
-#endif
     }
     return localeDir;
+#endif
 }
 
 QSet<QString> KCatalog::availableCatalogLanguages(const QByteArray &domain_)