diff -ru mozc-2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg.orig/debian/changelog mozc-2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- mozc-2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg.orig/debian/changelog	2016-03-24 03:53:01.000000000 +0100
+++ mozc-2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg/debian/changelog	2016-06-29 16:04:15.179371971 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+mozc (2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1) xenial; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/rules:
+    - export NO_PKG_MANGLE=1 in order to not have translations stripped
+      (LP: #1591503).
+
+ -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunnarhj@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:04:00 +0200
+
 mozc (2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg-1ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=low
 
   [ Ikuya Awashiro ]
diff -ru mozc-2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg.orig/debian/rules mozc-2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg/debian/rules
--- mozc-2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg.orig/debian/rules	2016-03-24 03:53:01.000000000 +0100
+++ mozc-2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg/debian/rules	2016-06-29 15:51:36.040952283 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 # clear XDG_CONFIG_DIRS for qtchooser
 unexport XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
 
+# prevent translations from being stripped
+export NO_PKG_MANGLE=1
+
 BUILD_DIR=./out_linux
 TARGETS=unix/ibus/ibus.gyp:ibus_mozc \
 	unix/emacs/emacs.gyp:mozc_emacs_helper \