diff --git a/config/includes.chroot/etc/locale.nopurge b/config/includes.chroot/etc/locale.nopurge
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b80ef45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/includes.chroot/etc/locale.nopurge
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+####################################################
+# This is the configuration file for localepurge(8).
+####################################################
+
+####################################################
+# Uncommenting this string enables the use of dpkg's
+# --path-exclude feature.  In this mode, localepurge
+# will configure dpkg to exclude the desired locales
+# at unpack time.
+#
+# If enabled, the following 3 options will be
+# disabled:
+#
+#  QUICKNDIRTYCALC
+#  SHOWFREEDSPACE
+#  VERBOSE
+#
+# And the following option will be enabled and cannot
+# be disabled (unless USE_DPKG is disabled):
+#
+#  DONTBOTHERNEWLOCALE
+#
+
+USE_DPKG
+####################################################
+
+####################################################
+# Uncommenting this string enables removal of localized
+# man pages based on the configuration information for
+# locale files defined below:
+
+MANDELETE
+
+####################################################
+# Uncommenting this string causes localepurge to simply delete
+# locales which have newly appeared on the system without
+# bothering you about it:
+
+DONTBOTHERNEWLOCALE
+
+####################################################
+# Uncommenting this string enables display of freed disk
+# space if localepurge has purged any superfluous data:
+
+SHOWFREEDSPACE
+
+#####################################################
+# Commenting out this string enables faster but less
+# accurate calculation of freed disk space:
+
+#QUICKNDIRTYCALC
+
+#####################################################
+# Commenting out this string disables verbose output:
+
+#VERBOSE
+
+#####################################################
+# Following locales won't be deleted from this system
+# after package installations done with apt-get(8):
+
+en
+en_US
+en_US.UTF-8
+fr
+fr_FR
+fr_FR.UTF-8
diff --git a/config/package-lists/system.list.chroot b/config/package-lists/system.list.chroot
index 922679f..33a1923 100644
--- a/config/package-lists/system.list.chroot
+++ b/config/package-lists/system.list.chroot
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ debian-keyring
 debsecan
 debsums
 gnome-packagekit
-localepurge
 packagekit
 packagekit-tools
 reportbug
@@ -136,8 +135,8 @@ testdisk
 # filesystem linters
 #Description: bleachbit
 bleachbit
+localepurge
 #Alt: fslint
-#Alt: localepurge
 
 # log viewers
 #Description: lnav