diff --git a/admin/merge-gnulib b/admin/merge-gnulib
index ae433961df3..54dcf275d55 100755
--- a/admin/merge-gnulib
+++ b/admin/merge-gnulib
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ GNULIB_MODULES='
 AVOIDED_MODULES='
   access btowc chmod close crypto/af_alg dup fchdir fstat gnulib-i18n
   iswblank iswctype iswdigit iswxdigit langinfo-h libgmp-mpq
-  localename-unsafe-limited lock
+  locale-h localename-unsafe-limited lock
   mbrtowc mbsinit memchr mkdir msvc-inval msvc-nothrow nl_langinfo
   openat-die opendir pthread-h raise
   save-cwd select setenv sigprocmask stat stdarg-h