diff --git a/app-arch/tar/tar-1.25.bep b/app-arch/tar/tar-1.25.bep
index eb93881c2..28fecf0bf 100644
--- a/app-arch/tar/tar-1.25.bep
+++ b/app-arch/tar/tar-1.25.bep
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ BUILD {
 		--infodir=$COMMON_DOCS/info \
 		--libexecdir=`finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY`/exec \
 		--sbindir=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY` \
+		--disable-nls \
 		LDFLAGS="-lnetwork" \
 		FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1
 	make