diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c6e1ac227..d91988f29 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ FOREACH(_ts_file ${lmms_LOCALES})
 	STRING(REPLACE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/locale/" "" _ts_target "${_ts_file}")
 	STRING(REPLACE ".ts" ".qm" _qm_file "${_ts_file}")
 	STRING(REPLACE ".ts" ".qm" _qm_target "${_ts_target}")
-	ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(${_ts_target} COMMAND ${QT_LUPDATE_EXECUTABLE} ${lmms_SOURCES} `find plugins/ -type f -name '*.cpp'` -ts ${_ts_file})
+	ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(${_ts_target} COMMAND ${QT_LUPDATE_EXECUTABLE} ${lmms_SOURCES} `find ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/ -type f -name '*.cpp'` -ts ${_ts_file})
 	ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(${_qm_target} COMMAND ${QT_LRELEASE_EXECUTABLE} ${_ts_file} -qm ${_qm_file})
 	LIST(APPEND ts_targets "${_ts_target}")
 	LIST(APPEND qm_targets "${_qm_target}")
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a3bc7bcb2..812aeb780 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-12-22	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* CMakeLists.txt:
+	fixed plugins/ directory when updating localization file
+
 	* plugins/flp_import/flp_import.cpp:
 	in FL_EffectChannel initialize isMuted member - fixes muted FX channels
 	when importing older FLP files