diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bfe931f5b..97b551386 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import os.path
 import warnings
 import sys
+import io
+import zipfile
 
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
@@ -23,6 +25,16 @@ except ImportError:
         print("Cannot import py2exe", file=sys.stderr)
         exit(1)
 
+
+def zipped_folder(topdir):
+    f = io.BytesIO()
+    zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(f, mode='w')
+    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(topdir):
+        for filename in filenames:
+            zipf.write(os.path.join(dirpath, filename))
+    zipf.close()
+    return f.getvalue()
+
 py2exe_options = {
     "bundle_files": 1,
     "compressed": 1,
@@ -34,6 +46,7 @@ py2exe_options = {
 py2exe_console = [{
     "script": "./youtube_dl/__main__.py",
     "dest_base": "youtube-dl",
+    "other_resources": [(u'LOCALE_DATA', u'locale_data.zip', zipped_folder('share'))],
 }]
 
 py2exe_params = {