diff --git a/ckan/templates/layout_base.html b/ckan/templates/layout_base.html
index a983d4bc606..8913814fab6 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/layout_base.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/layout_base.html
@@ -251,9 +251,11 @@ <h3 class="widget-title">Meta</h3>
     CKAN.plugins.push('storage');
     </py:if>
     CKAN.SITE_URL = '${h.url('/')}';
+    CKAN.SITE_URL_NO_LOCALE = '${h.url('/', locale='default')}';
     CKAN.LANG = '${h.lang()}';
     // later use will add offsets with leading '/' so ensure no trailing slash
     CKAN.SITE_URL = CKAN.SITE_URL.replace(/\/$/, '');
+    CKAN.SITE_URL_NO_LOCALE = CKAN.SITE_URL_NO_LOCALE.replace(/\/$/, '');
     $(document).ready(function() {
         var ckan_user = '${c.user}';
         if (ckan_user) {
@@ -272,13 +274,13 @@ <h3 class="widget-title">Meta</h3>
 				 var url = location.pathname;
 				 // remove any site root from url
 				 url = url.substring(CKAN.SITE_URL.length, url.length - 1);
-				 $.ajax({url : CKAN.SITE_URL + '/_tracking',
+				 $.ajax({url : CKAN.SITE_URL_NO_LOCALE + '/_tracking',
 						 type : 'POST',
 						 data : {url:url, type:'page'},
 						 timeout : 300 });
                  $('a.resource-url-analytics').click(function (e){
                          var url = $(e.target).closest('a').attr('href');
-						 $.ajax({url : CKAN.SITE_URL + '/_tracking',
+						 $.ajax({url : CKAN.SITE_URL_NO_LOCALE + '/_tracking',
 							     data : {url:url, type:'resource'},
 								 type : 'POST',
 								 complete : function () {location.href = url;},