--- a/data/freedesktop_generate.sh	2020-12-31 11:12:16.000000000 -0800
+++ b/data/freedesktop_generate.sh	2021-11-07 13:50:19.000000000 -0800
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@
 src_root="$1"
 build_root="$2"
 
-ninja -C "${build_root}" shared-mime-info-gmo
-
-itstool \
-    --its "${src_root}/data/its/shared-mime-info.its" \
-    --join "${src_root}/data/freedesktop.org.xml.in" \
-    -o "${build_root}/data/freedesktop.org.xml" \
-    "${build_root}/po/"*".gmo"
+if test ! -d "${build_root}/po/de"; then
+    ninja -C "${build_root}" shared-mime-info-gmo
+    itstool \
+        --its "${src_root}/data/its/shared-mime-info.its" \
+        --join "${src_root}/data/freedesktop.org.xml.in" \
+        -o "${build_root}/data/freedesktop.org.xml" \
+        "${build_root}/po/"*".gmo"
+else
+    itstool \
+        --its "${src_root}/data/its/shared-mime-info.its" \
+        --join "${src_root}/data/freedesktop.org.xml.in" \
+        -o "${build_root}/data/freedesktop.org.xml" \
+        "${build_root}/po/"*"/LC_MESSAGES/shared-mime-info.mo"
+fi