diff -up desktop-file-utils-0.19/src/validate.c.localelist desktop-file-utils-0.19/src/validate.c
--- desktop-file-utils-0.19/src/validate.c.localelist	2011-12-19 09:58:16.000000000 -0500
+++ desktop-file-utils-0.19/src/validate.c	2011-12-23 15:33:00.667543077 -0500
@@ -2722,12 +2722,41 @@ desktop_file_validate (const char *filen
   return (!kf.fatal_error);
 }
 
+static void
+fixup_list (GKeyFile    *keyfile,
+            const gchar *filename,
+            const gchar *key)
+{
+  char *value;
+
+  value = g_key_file_get_value (keyfile, GROUP_DESKTOP_ENTRY, key, NULL);
+  if (value) {
+    int len;
+
+    len = strlen (value);
+
+    if (len > 0 && (value[len - 1] != ';' ||
+                    (len > 1 && value[len - 2] == '\\' &&
+                    (len < 3 || value[len - 3] != '\\')))) {
+      char *str;
+
+      g_printerr ("%s: warning: key \"%s\" is a list and does not have a "
+                  "semicolon as trailing character, fixing\n",
+                  filename, key);
+
+      str = g_strconcat (value, ";", NULL);
+      g_key_file_set_value (keyfile, GROUP_DESKTOP_ENTRY,
+                            key, str);
+      g_free (str);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /* return FALSE if we were unable to fix the file */
 gboolean
 desktop_file_fixup (GKeyFile   *keyfile,
                     const char *filename)
 {
-  char         *value;
   unsigned int  i;
 
   if (g_key_file_has_group (keyfile, GROUP_KDE_DESKTOP_ENTRY)) {
@@ -2739,33 +2768,28 @@ desktop_file_fixup (GKeyFile   *keyfile,
 
   /* Fix lists to have a ';' at the end if they don't */
   for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (registered_desktop_keys); i++) {
-    if (registered_desktop_keys[i].type != DESKTOP_STRING_LIST_TYPE &&
-        registered_desktop_keys[i].type != DESKTOP_REGEXP_LIST_TYPE)
-      continue;
-
-    value = g_key_file_get_value (keyfile, GROUP_DESKTOP_ENTRY,
-                                  registered_desktop_keys[i].name, NULL);
-    if (value) {
-      int len;
-
-      len = strlen (value);
-
-      if (len > 0 && (value[len - 1] != ';' ||
-                      (len > 1 && value[len - 2] == '\\' &&
-                       (len < 3 || value[len - 3] != '\\')))) {
-          char *str;
-
-          g_printerr ("%s: warning: key \"%s\" is a list and does not have a "
-                      "semicolon as trailing character, fixing\n",
-                      filename, registered_desktop_keys[i].name);
-
-          str = g_strconcat (value, ";", NULL);
-          g_key_file_set_value (keyfile, GROUP_DESKTOP_ENTRY,
-                                registered_desktop_keys[i].name, str);
-          g_free (str);
+    if (registered_desktop_keys[i].type == DESKTOP_STRING_LIST_TYPE ||
+        registered_desktop_keys[i].type == DESKTOP_REGEXP_LIST_TYPE)
+      fixup_list (keyfile, filename, registered_desktop_keys[i].name);
+
+    if (registered_desktop_keys[i].type == DESKTOP_LOCALESTRING_LIST_TYPE) {
+      gsize len, keylen;
+      guint j;
+      gchar **keys;
+
+      keylen = strlen (registered_desktop_keys[i].name);
+      len = 0;
+      keys = g_key_file_get_keys (keyfile, GROUP_DESKTOP_ENTRY, &len, NULL);
+      for (j = 0; j < len; j++) {
+        if (g_str_has_prefix (keys[j], registered_desktop_keys[i].name) &&
+            (keys[j][keylen] == '[' || keys[j][keylen] == '\0')) {
+          fixup_list (keyfile, filename, keys[j]);
+        }
       }
+      g_strfreev (keys);
     }
   }
 
   return TRUE;
 }
+