diff --git a/etc/guix-daemon.service.in b/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
index fc7c811db6..ab0ce090c3 100644
--- a/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
+++ b/etc/guix-daemon.service.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Description=Build daemon for GNU Guix
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@bindir@/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
+Environment=GUIX_LOCPATH=/root/.guix-profile/lib/locale
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 StandardOutput=syslog
 StandardError=syslog