diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/Translations.cpp b/pcsx2-qt/Translations.cpp
index d8f1ca691e..ece339496d 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/Translations.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/Translations.cpp
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ void QtHost::InstallTranslator(QWidget* dialog_parent)
 	s_current_collator = QCollator(s_current_locale);
 
 	// Install the base qt translation first.
-#ifdef __APPLE__
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
 	const QString base_dir = QStringLiteral("%1/../Resources/translations").arg(qApp->applicationDirPath());
+#elif defined(PCSX2_APP_DATADIR)
+	const QString base_dir = QStringLiteral("%1/%2/translations").arg(qApp->applicationDirPath()).arg(PCSX2_APP_DATADIR);
 #else
 	const QString base_dir = QStringLiteral("%1/translations").arg(qApp->applicationDirPath());
 #endif
diff --git a/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt b/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt
index be628e2be7..0a229bd80e 100644
--- a/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1289,6 +1289,7 @@ function(setup_main_executable target)
 		if (PACKAGE_MODE)
 			install(TARGETS pcsx2-qt DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR})
 			install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/resources DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/PCSX2)
+			install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/translations DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/PCSX2)
 		else()
 			install(TARGETS pcsx2-qt DESTINATION ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
 		endif()