diff --git a/build/windows/installer/lang/its/gimp-ms-installer-config.its b/build/windows/installer/lang/its/gimp-ms-installer-config.its
index ffd15e76f5..4d343ad9b6 100644
--- a/build/windows/installer/lang/its/gimp-ms-installer-config.its
+++ b/build/windows/installer/lang/its/gimp-ms-installer-config.its
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
            xmlns:gt="https://www.gnu.org/s/gettext/ns/its/extensions/1.0">
   <its:translateRule selector="/gimp-ms-installer-config" translate="no"/>
   <its:translateRule selector="//value" translate="yes"/>
+  <gt:escapeRule selector="//value" escape="no"/>
 </its:rules>
diff --git a/po-windows-installer/meson.build b/po-windows-installer/meson.build
index abcb8ed049..1a88b0c03a 100644
--- a/po-windows-installer/meson.build
+++ b/po-windows-installer/meson.build
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 po_windows_installer_dir = meson.current_source_dir()
-i18n.gettext(gettext_package + '-windows-installer', preset: 'glib', install: false)
+i18n.gettext(gettext_package + '-windows-installer', preset: 'glib', install: false,
+             data_dirs: meson.source_root() / 'build' / 'windows' / 'installer' / 'lang')