diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 928d517791..68118fb4ff 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ ifneq (,$(wildcard ../THIS_IS_MSYSGIT))
 	NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER = YesPlease
 	INTERNAL_QSORT = YesPlease
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
+	NO_GETTEXT = YesPlease
 else
 	NO_CURL = YesPlease
 endif