diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 19f3dd6..b7f1e56 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(strip $(NLS)),true)
 	INSTALL_NLS += install-gmo
 	COMPILE_NLS += update-gmo
+	CFLAGDEF += -DNLS
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(CPUFRQ_BENCH)),true)
diff --git a/utils/info.c b/utils/info.c
index 38d906a..155e604 100644
--- a/utils/info.c
+++ b/utils/info.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <libintl.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -18,9 +17,18 @@
 #include "cpufreq.h"
 
 
+#ifdef NLS
+#include <libintl.h>
 #define _(String) gettext (String)
 #define gettext_noop(String) String
 #define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
+#else
+#define gettext_noop(String) String
+#define _(String) gettext_noop (String)
+#define gettext(String) gettext_noop (String)
+#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
+#define textdomain(String)
+#endif
 
 #define LINE_LEN 10
 
diff --git a/utils/set.c b/utils/set.c
index 2ece47e..312cc8c 100644
--- a/utils/set.c
+++ b/utils/set.c
@@ -12,16 +12,24 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <libintl.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #include "cpufreq.h"
 
-#define _(String) gettext(String)
+#ifdef NLS
+#include <libintl.h>
+#define _(String) gettext (String)
+#define gettext_noop(String) String
+#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
+#else
 #define gettext_noop(String) String
-#define N_(String) gettext_noop(String)
+#define _(String) gettext_noop (String)
+#define gettext(String) gettext_noop (String)
+#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
+#define textdomain(String)
+#endif
 
 #define NORM_FREQ_LEN 32