diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.14.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.14.bb
index 66d20a46fd..087c0035eb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_250.14.bb
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dnobody-user=nobody \
                   -Dmode=release \
                   -Dsystem-alloc-uid-min=101 \
                   -Dsystem-uid-max=999 \
+                  -Dtranslations=${@'false' if d.getVar('USE_NLS') == 'no' else 'true'} \
                   -Dsystem-alloc-gid-min=101 \
                   -Dsystem-gid-max=999 \
                   "