diff --git a/net-misc/neon/neon-0.29.6.bep b/net-misc/neon/neon-0.29.6.bep
index ca634046a..77b8e060d 100644
--- a/net-misc/neon/neon-0.29.6.bep
+++ b/net-misc/neon/neon-0.29.6.bep
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BUILD {
 		--with-ssl \
 		--with-libxml2 \
 		--enable-shared \
+		--disable-nls \
 		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY` \
 		--infodir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/info \
 		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man