diff --git a/src/menu.c b/src/menu.c
index 08097abd0..f2b53d809 100644
--- a/src/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu.c
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ create_menu (const char *name, menu_entry *entries, int count, const char *help_
 	register menu_entry* mp;
 	for (mp = entries; count--; mp++) {
             if (mp->label[0] != '\0') {
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
                 mp->label = _(mp->label);
+#endif
                 mp->text = parse_hotkey (mp->label);
                 len = hotkey_width (mp->text);