diff -Naur linux-2.6.14_rc2.orig/scripts/kconfig/Makefile linux-2.6.14_rc2/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.14_rc2.orig/scripts/kconfig/Makefile	2005-11-06 04:13:01 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.14_rc2/scripts/kconfig/Makefile	2005-11-18 03:52:03 +0000
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@
 clean-files	:= lkc_defs.h qconf.moc .tmp_qtcheck \
 		   .tmp_gtkcheck zconf.tab.c zconf.tab.h lex.zconf.c
 
+# Needed for systems without gettext
+KBUILD_HAVE_NLS := $(shell \
+     if echo "\#include <libint.h>" | $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -E - > /dev/null 2>&1 ; \
+     then echo yes ; \
+     else echo no ; fi)
+ifeq ($(KBUILD_HAVE_NLS),no)
+HOSTCFLAGS	+= -DKBUILD_NO_NLS
+endif
+
 # generated files seem to need this to find local include files
 HOSTCFLAGS_lex.zconf.o	:= -I$(src)
 HOSTCFLAGS_zconf.tab.o	:= -I$(src)
diff -Naur linux-2.6.14_rc2.orig/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h linux-2.6.14_rc2/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
--- linux-2.6.14_rc2.orig/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h	2005-11-06 04:13:01 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.14_rc2/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h	2005-11-18 02:23:07 +0000
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
 
 #include "expr.h"
 
-#include <libintl.h>
+#ifndef KBUILD_NO_NLS
+# include <libintl.h>
+#else
+# define gettext(Msgid) ((const char *) (Msgid))
+# define textdomain(Domainname) ((const char *) (Domainname))
+# define bindtextdomain(Domainname, Dirname) ((const char *) (Dirname))
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {