diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5554ec448..6daf9385c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ if (GETTEXT_FOUND AND USE_GETTEXT)
 				COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${MO_BUILD_PATH}
 				COMMENT "mo-update [${LOCALE}]: Creating locale directory.")
 
-			set(MO_FILE_PATH "${MO_BUILD_PATH}/minetest.mo")
+			set(MO_FILE_PATH "${MO_BUILD_PATH}/${PROJECT_NAME}.mo")
 
 			add_custom_command(
 				OUTPUT ${MO_FILE_PATH}
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 11941a43f..2f48d229f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1134,8 +1134,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 #ifdef LC_MESSAGES
 	setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "");
-	bindtextdomain("minetest", (porting::path_userdata+"/locale").c_str());
-	textdomain("minetest");
+	bindtextdomain(PROJECT_NAME, (porting::path_userdata+"/locale").c_str());
+	textdomain(PROJECT_NAME);
 #endif
 
 	// Initialize debug streams