diff --git a/packages/audio/alsa-utils/build b/packages/audio/alsa-utils/build
index 71a999eec1..755019dfda 100755
--- a/packages/audio/alsa-utils/build
+++ b/packages/audio/alsa-utils/build
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --disable-xmlto \
             $ALSAMIXER_CONFIG \
             $ALSATEST_CONFIG \
+            --disable-nls
 
 #sed -i -e 's/^\(man_MANS[ \t]*=[ \t]*\).*$/\1/' alsactl/Makefile.*