diff --git a/games-util/input-remapper/files/fix-translations.patch b/games-util/input-remapper/files/fix-translations.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a69406240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-util/input-remapper/files/fix-translations.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index bf9094b..baabcb9 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ def make_lang():
+     os.makedirs("mo", exist_ok=True)
+     for po_file in glob.glob(PO_FILES):
+         lang = splitext(basename(po_file))[0]
+-        os.makedirs(join("mo", lang), exist_ok=True)
++        os.makedirs(join("mo", lang, "LC_MESSAGES"), exist_ok=True)
+         print(f"generating translation for {lang}")
+         subprocess.run(
+-            ["msgfmt", "-o", join("mo", lang, "input-remapper.mo"), str(po_file)],
++            ["msgfmt", "-o", join("mo", lang, "LC_MESSAGES", "input-remapper.mo"), str(po_file)],
+             check=True,
+         )
+ 
diff --git a/games-util/input-remapper/input-remapper-2.2.0.ebuild b/games-util/input-remapper/input-remapper-2.2.0.ebuild
index 93ec6829db..1805ef7bdf 100644
--- a/games-util/input-remapper/input-remapper-2.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/games-util/input-remapper/input-remapper-2.2.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2025-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/remove-non-python-files-from-setup.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/fix-translations.patch"
 )
 
 RDEPEND="x11-libs/gtk+:3
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ $(python_gen_cond_dep '
 ')
 virtual/udev"
 
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 src_install() {