diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-bash/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-bash/template
index 4f86797c17c..abebe4905b0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-bash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-bash/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=4.2
 revision=5
 wrksrc="bash-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--without-bash-malloc --enable-static-link
+configure_args="--without-bash-malloc --enable-static-link --disable-nls
  bash_cv_under_sys_siglist=yes bash_cv_unusable_rtsigs=no
  bash_cv_void_sighandler=yes bash_cv_wcontinued_broken=no
  bash_cv_sys_named_pipes=present bash_cv_job_control_missing=present