--- powertop-2.5/src/lib.h
+++ powertop-2.5-nls/src/lib.h
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 #define _(STRING)    gettext(STRING)
+#else
+#define _(STRING)    (STRING)
+#endif
 
 #define POWERTOP_VERSION "v"PACKAGE_VERSION
 #define POWERTOP_SHORT_VERSION PACKAGE_VERSION
--- powertop-2.5/src/main.cpp
+++ powertop-2.5-nls/src/main.cpp
@@ -369,8 +369,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	set_new_handler(out_of_memory);
 
 	setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 	bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
 	textdomain (PACKAGE);
+#endif
 
 	while (1) { /* parse commandline options */
 		c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "ch:C:i:t:uVw:q", long_options, &option_index);
--- powertop-2.5/src/report/report-maker.h
+++ powertop-2.5-nls/src/report/report-maker.h
@@ -75,8 +75,13 @@
 #include <string>
 
 /* Conditional gettext. We need original strings for CSV. */
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 #define __(STRING) \
 	((report.get_type() == REPORT_CSV) ? (STRING) : gettext(STRING))
+#else
+#define __(STRING) (STRING)
+#endif
+
 
 #ifndef UNUSED
 #define UNUSED __attribute__((unused))