diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.8.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.8.bb
index adc27f6cff..174372be03 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.8.bb
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dnobody-user=nobody \
                   -Dsystem-uid-max=999 \
                   -Dsystem-alloc-gid-min=101 \
                   -Dsystem-gid-max=999 \
+                  -Dtranslations=${@'false' if d.getVar('USE_NLS') == 'no' else 'true'} \
                   ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'zeroconf', '-Ddefault-mdns=no -Ddefault-llmnr=no', '', d)} \
                   -Ddbus=disabled \
                   "