diff --git a/mingw-wxWidgets.spec b/mingw-wxWidgets.spec
index bdcd80c..6a98a55 100644
--- a/mingw-wxWidgets.spec
+++ b/mingw-wxWidgets.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 Summary:       MinGW port of the wxWidgets GUI library
 Name:          mingw-%{mingw_pkg_name}
 Version:       2.8.12
-Release:       4%{?dist}
+Release:       5%{?dist}
 License:       wxWidgets
 
 Group:         Development/Libraries
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ cd obj-static
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 cd ..
 
+#========= Locale ====================
+make -C locale allmo
+
 #==========================================
 %install
 make install -C obj-shared DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -160,6 +163,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mingw32_datadir}/bakefile
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jun 19 2011 Thomas Sailer <t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch> - 2.8.12-5
+- build mo files (reported by Fritz Elfert)
+
 * Fri Jun 03 2011 Kalev Lember <kalev@smartlink.ee> - 2.8.12-4
 - Rebuilt with mingw32-libjpeg-turbo, dropped jpeg_boolean patch (#604702)