diff --git a/resources/js/ext.uls.init.js b/resources/js/ext.uls.init.js
index 0b1bb2e5..3faa2999 100644
--- a/resources/js/ext.uls.init.js
+++ b/resources/js/ext.uls.init.js
@@ -111,10 +111,15 @@
 	 */
 	function i18nInit() {
 		var extensionPath, locales, i18n;
-
-		extensionPath = mw.config.get( 'wgExtensionAssetsPath' ) +
-			'/UniversalLanguageSelector/';
-
+		if ( window.XDomainRequest ) {
+			// IE8 and IE9 does not support ajax with CORS. So make sure they
+			// load json files from same domain ( http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/8283 )
+			extensionPath = mw.config.get( 'wgScriptPath' ) +
+				'/extensions/UniversalLanguageSelector/';
+		} else {
+			extensionPath = mw.config.get( 'wgExtensionAssetsPath' ) +
+				'/UniversalLanguageSelector/';
+		}
 		locales = mw.config.get( 'wgULSi18nLocales' );
 		i18n = $.i18n( {
 			locale: currentLang,