diff --git a/packages/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.38.bb b/packages/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.38.bb
index 2e8bf3d..186f771 100644
--- a/packages/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.38.bb
+++ b/packages/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.38.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PR = "r8"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://no-hardlinks.patch;patch=1"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF += " --sbindir=${base_sbindir}"
+EXTRA_OECONF += " --sbindir=${base_sbindir} ${@base_conditional( "USE_NLS", "no", "--disable-nls", "", d )}"
 
 do_compile_prepend () {
 	find ./ -print|xargs chmod u=rwX