diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index e370fcd5b42..b0042b2ee9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , libxslt, tcl, tk, makeWrapper, libiconv
 , svnSupport, subversionClient, perlLibs, smtpPerlLibs
 , perlSupport ? true
+, nlsSupport ? true
 , guiSupport
 , withManual ? true
 , pythonSupport ? true
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ++ (if stdenv.isDarwin then ["NO_APPLE_COMMON_CRYPTO=1"] else ["sysconfdir=/etc"])
   ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ["NO_SYS_POLL_H=1" "NO_GETTEXT=YesPlease"]
   ++ stdenv.lib.optional withpcre2 "USE_LIBPCRE2=1"
+  ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!nlsSupport) "NO_GETTEXT=1"
   # git-gui refuses to start with the version of tk distributed with
   # macOS Catalina. We can prevent git from building the .app bundle
   # by specifying an invalid tk framework. The postInstall step will