diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.4.2.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.4.2.bb
index dd67a8907b..19fe3cc442 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.4.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.4.2.bb
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ do_install_append() {
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+
+# Currently it's not possible to disable gettext in Meson, so we need to force
+# this back on.
+USE_NLS_class-native = "yes"