diff --git a/x11-wm/lxsession/Makefile b/x11-wm/lxsession/Makefile
index 643108a54e80..afe915b814aa 100644
--- a/x11-wm/lxsession/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/lxsession/Makefile
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 MAN1=		lxsession.1 lxsession-logout.1
 
-.if !defined(WITHOUT_NLS)
-USE_GETTEXT=	yes
-PLIST_SUB+=	NLS=""
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 CONFIGURE_ENV+=	CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+
+.if !defined(WITHOUT_NLS)
+USE_GETTEXT=	yes
+PLIST_SUB+=	NLS=""
 .else
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-nls
 PLIST_SUB+=	NLS="@comment "