diff --git a/coding/transliteration.cpp b/coding/transliteration.cpp
index 687174c039..0a99b36703 100644
--- a/coding/transliteration.cpp
+++ b/coding/transliteration.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <unicode/utrans.h>
 #include <unicode/utypes.h>
 
+#include "std/target_os.hpp"
+
 #include <cstring>
 #include <mutex>
 
@@ -58,8 +60,12 @@ void Transliteration::Init(std::string const & icuDataDir)
     return;
 
   // This function should be called before the first ICU operation that will require the loading of
-  // an ICU data file.
+  // an ICU data file. On Linux, data file is loaded automatically from the shared library.
+#ifndef OMIM_OS_LINUX
   u_setDataDirectory(icuDataDir.c_str());
+#else
+  UNUSED_VALUE(icuDataDir);
+#endif
 
   for (auto const & lang : StringUtf8Multilang::GetSupportedLanguages())
   {
diff --git a/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fa43501e3..3b051caf7c 100644
--- a/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ copy_resources(
   unicode_blocks.txt
   World.mwm
   WorldCoasts.mwm
-  icudt70l.dat
 
   00_NotoNaskhArabic-Regular.ttf
   00_NotoSansThai-Regular.ttf
@@ -142,11 +141,16 @@ copy_resources(
   07_roboto_medium.ttf
 )
 
+if (NOT PLATFORM_LINUX)
+  # On Linux, ICU data is loaded from the shared library.
+  copy_resources(icudt70l.dat)
+endif()
+
 if (PLATFORM_MAC)
   execute_process(
     COMMAND cp -r ${OMIM_ROOT}/tools/shaders_compiler/macos ${RESOURCES_FOLDER}/shaders_compiler
   )
-elseif(PLATFORM_LINUX)
+elseif (PLATFORM_LINUX)
   execute_process(
     COMMAND cp -r ${OMIM_ROOT}/tools/shaders_compiler/linux ${RESOURCES_FOLDER}/shaders_compiler
   )