diff --git a/archivers/dpkg/Makefile b/archivers/dpkg/Makefile
index cf73b3d1e560..12c4bd15753b 100644
--- a/archivers/dpkg/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/dpkg/Makefile
@@ -36,4 +36,12 @@ MAN8=		cleanup-info.8 dpkg-divert.8 dpkg-scanpackages.8 \
 		dpkg.8 dselect.8 install-info.8 start-stop-daemon.8 \
 		update-alternatives.8 update-rc.d.8
 
+.if !defined(WITHOUT_NLS)
+USE_GETTEXT=	yes
+PLIST_SUB+=	NLS=""
+.else
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-nls
+PLIST_SUB+=	NLS="@comment "
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/dpkg/pkg-plist b/archivers/dpkg/pkg-plist
index c8636bad3854..e78d5f2479c5 100644
--- a/archivers/dpkg/pkg-plist
+++ b/archivers/dpkg/pkg-plist
@@ -42,21 +42,21 @@ sbin/install-info
 sbin/start-stop-daemon
 sbin/update-alternatives
 sbin/update-rc.d
-share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
-share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo
 @dirrm var/dpkg/updates
 @dirrm var/dpkg/methods/mnt
 @dirrm var/dpkg/methods/floppy