diff --git a/lib/noosfero/i18n.rb b/lib/noosfero/i18n.rb
index 22d8fb1..50227bc 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero/i18n.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero/i18n.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ class Object
   alias :ngettext :n_
 end
 
+
+custom_locale_dir = Rails.root.join('custom_locales', Rails.env)
+repos = []
+if File.exists?(custom_locale_dir)
+  repos << FastGettext::TranslationRepository.build('environment', :type => 'po', :path => custom_locale_dir)
+end
+
 # translations in place?
 locale_dir = Rails.root.join('locale')
-repos = []
 if File.exists?(locale_dir)
   repos << FastGettext::TranslationRepository.build('noosfero', :type => 'mo', :path => locale_dir)
   repos << FastGettext::TranslationRepository.build('iso_3166', :type => 'mo', :path => locale_dir)
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