diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
index 84c1a79591b..3e777207fd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl
 , ncurses
 , gettext ? null
-, enableNls ? false
+, enableNls ? true
 , enableTiny ? false
 }: