diff -Naurp debhelper.orig/Makefile debhelper/Makefile
--- debhelper.orig/Makefile	2008-05-04 14:57:07.000000000 -0500
+++ debhelper/Makefile	2008-05-15 16:31:34.000000000 -0500
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ PERLLIBDIR=$(shell perl -MConfig -e 'pri
 
 POD2MAN=pod2man -c Debhelper -r "$(VERSION)"
 
+ifeq ($(USE_NLS),yes)
 # l10n to be built is determined from .po files
-LANGS=$(notdir $(basename $(wildcard man/po4a/po/*.po)))
+LANGS?=$(notdir $(basename $(wildcard man/po4a/po/*.po)))
+else
+LANGS=
+endif
 
 build: version
 	find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -perm +100 -name "dh*" \
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ build: version
 	cat debhelper.pod | \
 		$(MAKEMANLIST) `find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -perm +100 -name "dh_*" | sort` | \
 		$(POD2MAN) --name="debhelper" --section=7  > debhelper.7
+ifeq ($(USE_NLS),yes)
 	po4a man/po4a/po4a.cfg 
 	set -e; \
 	for lang in $(LANGS); do \
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ build: version
 			$(MAKEMANLIST) `find $$dir -type f -maxdepth 1 -name "dh_*.pod" | sort` | \
 			$(POD2MAN) --name="debhelper" --section=7 > debhelper.$$lang.7; \
 	done
+endif
 
 version:
 	printf "package Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Version;\n\$$version='$(VERSION)';\n1" > \