diff --git a/src/d_main.c b/src/d_main.c
index f5390e2df..2432c5e9e 100644
--- a/src/d_main.c
+++ b/src/d_main.c
@@ -1045,10 +1045,8 @@ void D_SRB2Main(void)
 		I_OutputMsg("setvbuf didnt work\n");
 #endif
 
-#ifdef GETTEXT
 	// initialise locale code
 	M_StartupLocale();
-#endif
 
 	// get parameters from a response file (eg: srb2 @parms.txt)
 	M_FindResponseFile();
diff --git a/src/doomdef.h b/src/doomdef.h
index 55ad8abed..696071597 100644
--- a/src/doomdef.h
+++ b/src/doomdef.h
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
 
 #ifdef GETTEXT
 #include <libintl.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #endif
+#include <locale.h> // locale should not be dependent on GETTEXT -- 11/01/20 Monster Iestyn
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -451,12 +451,12 @@ char savegamename[256];
 // m_misc.h
 #ifdef GETTEXT
 #define M_GetText(String) gettext(String)
-void M_StartupLocale(void);
 #else
 // If no translations are to be used, make a stub
 // M_GetText function that just returns the string.
 #define M_GetText(x) (x)
 #endif
+void M_StartupLocale(void);
 extern void *(*M_Memcpy)(void* dest, const void* src, size_t n) FUNCNONNULL;
 char *va(const char *format, ...) FUNCPRINTF;
 char *M_GetToken(const char *inputString);
diff --git a/src/m_misc.c b/src/m_misc.c
index 83c0c7bec..5ee7b0ac9 100644
--- a/src/m_misc.c
+++ b/src/m_misc.c
@@ -1594,16 +1594,19 @@ boolean M_ScreenshotResponder(event_t *ev)
 // M_StartupLocale.
 // Sets up gettext to translate SRB2's strings.
 #ifdef GETTEXT
-#if defined (__unix__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined (UNIXCOMMON)
-#define GETTEXTDOMAIN1 "/usr/share/locale"
-#define GETTEXTDOMAIN2 "/usr/local/share/locale"
-#elif defined (_WIN32)
-#define GETTEXTDOMAIN1 "."
-#endif
+	#if defined (__unix__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined (UNIXCOMMON)
+		#define GETTEXTDOMAIN1 "/usr/share/locale"
+		#define GETTEXTDOMAIN2 "/usr/local/share/locale"
+	#elif defined (_WIN32)
+		#define GETTEXTDOMAIN1 "."
+	#endif
+#endif // GETTEXT
 
 void M_StartupLocale(void)
 {
+#ifdef GETTEXT
 	char *textdomhandle = NULL;
+#endif //GETTEXT
 
 	CONS_Printf("M_StartupLocale...\n");
 
@@ -1612,6 +1615,7 @@ void M_StartupLocale(void)
 	// Do not set numeric locale as that affects atof
 	setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
 
+#ifdef GETTEXT
 	// FIXME: global name define anywhere?
 #ifdef GETTEXTDOMAIN1
 	textdomhandle = bindtextdomain("srb2", GETTEXTDOMAIN1);
@@ -1632,8 +1636,8 @@ void M_StartupLocale(void)
 		textdomain("srb2");
 	else
 		CONS_Printf("Could not find locale text domain!\n");
+#endif //GETTEXT
 }
-#endif
 
 // ==========================================================================
 //                        MISC STRING FUNCTIONS