diff --git a/sandbox/run_2to3.sh b/sandbox/run_2to3.sh
index 50be3c93b..1823c1f0c 100755
--- a/sandbox/run_2to3.sh
+++ b/sandbox/run_2to3.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+cp locale/ py3k/ -R
+cp plugins/ py3k/ -R # copy plugins data
 python 2to3/run.py src/ plugins/ test/ scripts/* setup.py -wWno py3k -f all -f def_iteritems -f def_itervalues -f def_iterkeys -f reload "$@"
-cp locale/ py3k -R