diff --git a/src/cmake_config.h.in b/src/cmake_config.h.in
index 7d446d178..c37858509 100644
--- a/src/cmake_config.h.in
+++ b/src/cmake_config.h.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #define CMAKE_CONFIG_H
 
 #define PROJECT_NAME "@PROJECT_NAME@"
+#define PROJECT_NAME_LOWER "@PROJECT_NAME_LOWER@"
 #define VERSION_MAJOR @VERSION_MAJOR@
 #define VERSION_MINOR @VERSION_MINOR@
 #define VERSION_PATCH @VERSION_PATCH@
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index df7429be0..8f475fce4 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 	#include "cmake_config.h"
 #elif defined (__ANDROID__) || defined (ANDROID)
 	#define PROJECT_NAME "Minetest"
+	#define PROJECT_NAME_LOWER "minetest"
 	#define STATIC_SHAREDIR ""
 	#include "android_version.h"
 	#ifdef NDEBUG
diff --git a/src/gettext.cpp b/src/gettext.cpp
index 509d506d4..85455ad3c 100644
--- a/src/gettext.cpp
+++ b/src/gettext.cpp
@@ -236,9 +236,8 @@ void init_gettext(const char *path, const std::string &configured_language) {
 #endif
 #endif
 
-	static std::string name = lowercase(PROJECT_NAME);
-	bindtextdomain(name.c_str(), path);
-	textdomain(name.c_str());
+	bindtextdomain(PROJECT_NAME_LOWER, path);
+	textdomain(PROJECT_NAME_LOWER);
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 	// Set character encoding for Win32
diff --git a/src/porting.cpp b/src/porting.cpp
index eb7fea94c..8ea61f7cc 100644
--- a/src/porting.cpp
+++ b/src/porting.cpp
@@ -478,11 +478,11 @@ bool setSystemPaths()
 	// Use ".\bin\.."
 	path_share = std::string(buf) + "\\..";
 
-	// Use "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\<PROJECT_NAME>"
+	// Use "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\<PROJECT_NAME_LOWER>"
 	DWORD len = GetEnvironmentVariable("APPDATA", buf, sizeof(buf));
 	FATAL_ERROR_IF(len == 0 || len > sizeof(buf), "Failed to get APPDATA");
 
-	path_user = std::string(buf) + DIR_DELIM + lowercase(PROJECT_NAME);
+	path_user = std::string(buf) + DIR_DELIM PROJECT_NAME_LOWER;
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ bool setSystemPaths()
 		trylist.push_back(static_sharedir);
 
 	trylist.push_back(bindir + DIR_DELIM ".." DIR_DELIM "share"
-		DIR_DELIM + lowercase(PROJECT_NAME));
+		DIR_DELIM PROJECT_NAME_LOWER);
 	trylist.push_back(bindir + DIR_DELIM "..");
 
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ bool setSystemPaths()
 
 #ifndef __ANDROID__
 	path_user = std::string(getenv("HOME")) + DIR_DELIM "."
-		+ lowercase(PROJECT_NAME);
+		PROJECT_NAME_LOWER;
 #endif
 
 	return true;
@@ -566,9 +566,8 @@ bool setSystemPaths()
 	}
 	CFRelease(resources_url);
 
-	path_user = std::string(getenv("HOME"))
-		+ "/Library/Application Support/"
-		+ lowercase(PROJECT_NAME);
+	path_user = std::string(getenv("HOME")) +
+		"/Library/Application Support/" PROJECT_NAME_LOWER;
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -579,7 +578,7 @@ bool setSystemPaths()
 {
 	path_share = STATIC_SHAREDIR;
 	path_user  = std::string(getenv("HOME")) + DIR_DELIM "."
-		+ lowercase(PROJECT_NAME);
+		PROJECT_NAME_LOWER;
 	return true;
 }