diff --git a/archivers/libcomprex/Makefile b/archivers/libcomprex/Makefile
index b453b9655635..6bd7733f5f0b 100644
--- a/archivers/libcomprex/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/libcomprex/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,42 @@
 # ex:ts=8
 # New ports collection makefile for:	libcomprex
 # Date created:			Nov 22, 2001
 # Whom:				ijliao
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	libcomprex
 PORTVERSION=	0.3.3
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	gnupdate
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Transparently handles automatic compression and decompression of files
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	ltdl.4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libltdl \
 		curl.2:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl
 .if !exists(/usr/bin/bzip2)
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	bz2.1:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/bzip2
 .endif
 
-USE_GETTEXT=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	gnomehack gnometarget pkgconfig
 USE_LIBTOOL_VER=	13
 LIBTOOLFLAGS=	# none
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
 		LDFLAGS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lintl"
 INSTALLS_SHLIB=	yes
 
+.if !defined(WITHOUT_NLS)
+USE_GETTEXT=	yes
+PLIST_SUB+=	NLS=""
+.else
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-nls
+PLIST_SUB+=	NLS="@comment "
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 .include "Makefile.man"
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/libcomprex/pkg-plist b/archivers/libcomprex/pkg-plist
index 68dfe52ade20..3451864c3ad2 100644
--- a/archivers/libcomprex/pkg-plist
+++ b/archivers/libcomprex/pkg-plist
@@ -1,41 +1,41 @@
 bin/comprex-config
 include/libcomprex/archive.h
 include/libcomprex/archive_io.h
 include/libcomprex/comprex.h
 include/libcomprex/directory.h
 include/libcomprex/file.h
 include/libcomprex/fp.h
 include/libcomprex/fsiter.h
 include/libcomprex/fsnode.h
 include/libcomprex/io.h
 include/libcomprex/module.h
 include/libcomprex/types.h
 include/libcomprex/utils.h
 lib/comprex/archive/libar.la
 lib/comprex/archive/libar.so
 lib/comprex/archive/libbzip2.la
 lib/comprex/archive/libbzip2.so
 lib/comprex/archive/libcab.la
 lib/comprex/archive/libcab.so
 lib/comprex/archive/libcpio.la
 lib/comprex/archive/libcpio.so
 lib/comprex/archive/libtar.la
 lib/comprex/archive/libtar.so
 lib/comprex/archive/libzip.la
 lib/comprex/archive/libzip.so
 lib/comprex/archive/libzlib.la
 lib/comprex/archive/libzlib.so
 lib/comprex/scheme/libcurlscm.la
 lib/comprex/scheme/libcurlscm.so
 lib/libcomprex.a
 lib/libcomprex.la
 lib/libcomprex.so
 lib/libcomprex.so.3
 libdata/pkgconfig/libcomprex.pc
 share/aclocal/libcomprex.m4
-share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libcomprex.mo
-share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libcomprex.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libcomprex.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libcomprex.mo
 @dirrm lib/comprex/scheme
 @dirrm lib/comprex/archive
 @dirrm lib/comprex
 @dirrm include/libcomprex