diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mihon/buildlogic/ProjectExtensions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mihon/buildlogic/ProjectExtensions.kt
index 4b9e762b9..ae18dd637 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mihon/buildlogic/ProjectExtensions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mihon/buildlogic/ProjectExtensions.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.the
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.withType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compose.compiler.gradle.ComposeCompilerGradlePluginExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+import java.io.File
 
 val Project.androidx get() = the<LibrariesForAndroidx>()
 val Project.compose get() = the<LibrariesForCompose>()
@@ -106,3 +107,5 @@ internal fun Project.configureTest() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+val Project.generatedBuildDir: File get() = project.layout.buildDirectory.asFile.get().resolve("generated/mihon")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mihon/buildlogic/tasks/LocalesConfigPlugin.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mihon/buildlogic/tasks/LocalesConfigPlugin.kt
index d84d2cb64..329e4a769 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mihon/buildlogic/tasks/LocalesConfigPlugin.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mihon/buildlogic/tasks/LocalesConfigPlugin.kt
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package mihon.buildlogic.tasks
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
+import java.io.File
 
-private val emptyResourcesElement = "<resources>\\s*</resources>|<resources/>".toRegex()
+private val emptyResourcesElement = "<resources>\\s*</resources>|<resources\\s*/>".toRegex()
 
-fun Project.getLocalesConfigTask(): TaskProvider<Task> {
+fun Project.getLocalesConfigTask(outputResourceDir: File): TaskProvider<Task> {
     return tasks.register("generateLocalesConfig") {
         val locales = fileTree("$projectDir/src/commonMain/moko-resources/")
             .matching { include("**/strings.xml") }
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ fun Project.getLocalesConfigTask(): TaskProvider<Task> {
                     .replace("base", "en")
                     .replace("-r", "-")
                     .replace("+", "-")
-                    .takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: "en"
             }
             .sorted()
             .joinToString("\n") { "|   <locale android:name=\"$it\"/>" }
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ fun Project.getLocalesConfigTask(): TaskProvider<Task> {
         |</locale-config>
         """.trimMargin()
 
-        file("$projectDir/src/androidMain/res/xml/locales_config.xml").apply {
+        outputResourceDir.resolve("xml/locales_config.xml").apply {
             parentFile.mkdirs()
             writeText(content)
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/i18n/.gitignore b/i18n/.gitignore
index 601f2b1cd..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/i18n/.gitignore
+++ b/i18n/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Generated
-locales_config.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/i18n/build.gradle.kts b/i18n/build.gradle.kts
index 7c7256acc..a7d5b889a 100644
--- a/i18n/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/i18n/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import mihon.buildlogic.generatedBuildDir
 import mihon.buildlogic.tasks.getLocalesConfigTask
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
@@ -21,13 +22,17 @@ kotlin {
     }
 }
 
+val generatedAndroidResourceDir = generatedBuildDir.resolve("android/res")
+
 android {
     namespace = "tachiyomi.i18n"
 
     sourceSets {
-        named("main") {
-            res.srcDir("src/commonMain/resources")
-        }
+        val main by getting
+        main.res.srcDirs(
+            "src/commonMain/resources",
+            generatedAndroidResourceDir,
+        )
     }
 
     lint {
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ multiplatformResources {
 }
 
 tasks {
-    val localesConfigTask = project.getLocalesConfigTask()
+    val localesConfigTask = project.getLocalesConfigTask(generatedAndroidResourceDir)
     preBuild {
         dependsOn(localesConfigTask)
     }