diff --git a/pkgs/games/nudoku/default.nix b/pkgs/games/nudoku/default.nix
index f70d3ec2d0ba..b76e967ebb63 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/nudoku/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/nudoku/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig gettext ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
+  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl "--disable-nls";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An ncurses based sudoku game";
     homepage = "http://jubalh.github.io/nudoku/";