diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/vfs/testpathutil.cpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/vfs/testpathutil.cpp
index 7b9c9abfb5..6eb84f97d5 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/vfs/testpathutil.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/vfs/testpathutil.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ namespace VFS::Path
             EXPECT_EQ(value.value(), "foo/bar/baz");
         }
 
+        TEST(NormalizedTest, shouldSupportOperatorDivEqualWithStringView)
+        {
+            Normalized value("foo/bar");
+            value /= std::string_view("BAZ");
+            EXPECT_EQ(value.value(), "foo/bar/baz");
+        }
+
         TEST(NormalizedTest, changeExtensionShouldReplaceAfterLastDot)
         {
             Normalized value("foo/bar.a");
diff --git a/components/l10n/manager.cpp b/components/l10n/manager.cpp
index 10cad81587..77474cd3f5 100644
--- a/components/l10n/manager.cpp
+++ b/components/l10n/manager.cpp
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ namespace l10n
 
     void Manager::readLangData(const std::string& name, MessageBundles& ctx, const icu::Locale& lang)
     {
-        std::string path = "l10n/";
-        path.append(name);
-        path.append("/");
-        path.append(lang.getName());
-        path.append(".yaml");
+        std::string langName(lang.getName());
+        langName += ".yaml";
+
+        VFS::Path::Normalized path("l10n");
+        path /= name;
+        path /= langName;
+
         if (!mVFS->exists(path))
             return;
 
diff --git a/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp b/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
index 6e5c5843f3..07e73acfa9 100644
--- a/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
+++ b/components/vfs/pathutil.hpp
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ namespace VFS::Path
             return *this;
         }
 
+        Normalized& operator/=(std::string_view value)
+        {
+            mValue.reserve(mValue.size() + value.size() + 1);
+            mValue += separator;
+            const std::size_t offset = mValue.size();
+            mValue += value;
+            normalizeFilenameInPlace(mValue.begin() + offset, mValue.end());
+            return *this;
+        }
+
         friend bool operator==(const Normalized& lhs, const Normalized& rhs) = default;
 
         friend bool operator==(const Normalized& lhs, const auto& rhs) { return lhs.mValue == rhs; }