diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index c7c8582..1c7895b 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ else
     test "x$LIBTOOLIZE" = "x" && LIBTOOLIZE=libtoolize
 
     intltoolize --copy --force --automake
+    # There's a stupid bug in intltool:
+    # It does not honor --disable-nls and still complains about missing/old
+    # versions. Until that is fixed in upstream, we work around, by providing
+    # our own fixed M4 file and therefore delete the one, generated by intltoolize.
+    rm -f m4/intltool.m4
+
     "$LIBTOOLIZE" -c --force
     run_versioned aclocal "$VERSION" -I m4
     run_versioned autoconf 2.63 -Wall
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b79e0e0..a0b41f0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -555,7 +555,14 @@ IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35.0])
 GETTEXT_PACKAGE=pulseaudio
 AC_SUBST([GETTEXT_PACKAGE])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GETTEXT_PACKAGE],["$GETTEXT_PACKAGE"],[Gettext package])
-AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+
+dnl AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT has a nasty side effect:
+dnl If it finds a working GNU gettext, it always
+dnl sets USE_NLS=yes. This obviously renders the
+dnl option --disable-nls useless.
+dnl So: invoke it conditionally.
+AS_IF([test x$USE_NLS = xyes],
+      [AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT])
 
 pulselocaledir='${prefix}/${DATADIRNAME}/locale'
 AC_SUBST(pulselocaledir)
diff --git a/m4/pa_intltool.m4 b/m4/pa_intltool.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16aeca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/pa_intltool.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+## intltool.m4 - Configure intltool for the target system. -*-Shell-script-*-
+## Copyright (C) 2001 Eazel, Inc.
+## Author: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@noisehavoc.org>
+##         Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth@gnu.org>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+## Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+##
+## As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
+## distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
+## configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
+## the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
+
+dnl IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([MINIMUM-VERSION], [no-xml])
+# serial 40 IT_PROG_INTLTOOL
+AC_DEFUN([IT_PROG_INTLTOOL], [
+AC_PREREQ([2.50])dnl
+AC_REQUIRE([AM_NLS])dnl
+
+case "$am__api_version" in
+    1.[01234])
+	AC_MSG_ERROR([Automake 1.5 or newer is required to use intltool])
+    ;;
+    *)
+    ;;
+esac
+
+if test -n "$1"; then
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for intltool >= $1])
+
+    INTLTOOL_REQUIRED_VERSION_AS_INT=`echo $1 | awk -F. '{ print $ 1 * 1000 + $ 2 * 100 + $ 3; }'`
+    INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION=`intltool-update --version | head -1 | cut -d" " -f3`
+    [INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION_AS_INT=`echo $INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION | awk -F. '{ print $ 1 * 1000 + $ 2 * 100 + $ 3; }'`
+    ]
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([$INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION found])
+    test "$INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION_AS_INT" -ge "$INTLTOOL_REQUIRED_VERSION_AS_INT" ||
+    if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes" ; then
+	    AC_MSG_ERROR([Your intltool is too old.  You need intltool $1 or later.])
+    fi
+fi
+
+AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_UPDATE, [intltool-update])
+AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_MERGE, [intltool-merge])
+AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_EXTRACT, [intltool-extract])
+if test -z "$INTLTOOL_UPDATE" -o -z "$INTLTOOL_MERGE" -o -z "$INTLTOOL_EXTRACT"; then
+    if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes" ; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([The intltool scripts were not found. Please install intltool.])
+    fi
+fi
+
+  INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE='%.desktop:   %.desktop.in   $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+INTLTOOL_DIRECTORY_RULE='%.directory: %.directory.in $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+     INTLTOOL_KEYS_RULE='%.keys:      %.keys.in      $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -k -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+     INTLTOOL_PROP_RULE='%.prop:      %.prop.in      $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+      INTLTOOL_OAF_RULE='%.oaf:       %.oaf.in       $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -o -p $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+     INTLTOOL_PONG_RULE='%.pong:      %.pong.in      $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -x -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+   INTLTOOL_SERVER_RULE='%.server:    %.server.in    $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -o -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+    INTLTOOL_SHEET_RULE='%.sheet:     %.sheet.in     $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -x -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+INTLTOOL_SOUNDLIST_RULE='%.soundlist: %.soundlist.in $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+       INTLTOOL_UI_RULE='%.ui:        %.ui.in        $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -x -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+      INTLTOOL_XML_RULE='%.xml:       %.xml.in       $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -x -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+      INTLTOOL_XML_NOMERGE_RULE='%.xml:       %.xml.in       $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -x -u /tmp $< [$]@'
+      INTLTOOL_XAM_RULE='%.xam:       %.xml.in       $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -x -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+      INTLTOOL_KBD_RULE='%.kbd:       %.kbd.in       $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -x -u -m -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+    INTLTOOL_CAVES_RULE='%.caves:     %.caves.in     $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+  INTLTOOL_SCHEMAS_RULE='%.schemas:   %.schemas.in   $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -s -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+    INTLTOOL_THEME_RULE='%.theme:     %.theme.in     $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+    INTLTOOL_SERVICE_RULE='%.service: %.service.in   $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+   INTLTOOL_POLICY_RULE='%.policy:    %.policy.in    $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -x -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@'
+
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_DIRECTORY_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_KEYS_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_PROP_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_OAF_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_PONG_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_SERVER_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_SHEET_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_SOUNDLIST_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_UI_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_XAM_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_KBD_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_XML_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_XML_NOMERGE_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_CAVES_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_SCHEMAS_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_THEME_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_SERVICE_RULE)
+_IT_SUBST(INTLTOOL_POLICY_RULE)
+
+# Check the gettext tools to make sure they are GNU
+AC_PATH_PROG(XGETTEXT, xgettext)
+AC_PATH_PROG(MSGMERGE, msgmerge)
+AC_PATH_PROG(MSGFMT, msgfmt)
+AC_PATH_PROG(GMSGFMT, gmsgfmt, $MSGFMT)
+if test -z "$XGETTEXT" -o -z "$MSGMERGE" -o -z "$MSGFMT"; then
+    if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes" ; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool])
+    fi
+fi
+xgversion="`$XGETTEXT --version|grep '(GNU ' 2> /dev/null`"
+mmversion="`$MSGMERGE --version|grep '(GNU ' 2> /dev/null`"
+mfversion="`$MSGFMT --version|grep '(GNU ' 2> /dev/null`"
+if test -z "$xgversion" -o -z "$mmversion" -o -z "$mfversion"; then
+    if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes" ; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool])
+    fi
+fi
+
+AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_PERL, perl)
+if test -z "$INTLTOOL_PERL"; then
+    if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes" ; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([perl not found])
+    fi
+fi
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for perl >= 5.8.1])
+$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "use 5.8.1;" > /dev/null 2>&1
+if test $? -ne 0; then
+    if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes" ; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([perl 5.8.1 is required for intltool])
+    fi
+else
+   IT_PERL_VERSION="`$INTLTOOL_PERL -e \"printf '%vd', $^V\"`"
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([$IT_PERL_VERSION])
+fi
+if test "x$2" != "xno-xml"; then
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for XML::Parser])
+   if `$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "require XML::Parser" 2>/dev/null`; then
+       AC_MSG_RESULT([ok])
+   else
+      if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes" ; then
+          AC_MSG_ERROR([XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool])
+      fi
+   fi
+fi
+
+# Substitute ALL_LINGUAS so we can use it in po/Makefile
+AC_SUBST(ALL_LINGUAS)
+
+# Set DATADIRNAME correctly if it is not set yet
+# (copied from glib-gettext.m4)
+if test -z "$DATADIRNAME"; then
+  AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+    [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]],
+                     [[extern int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;
+                       return _nl_msg_cat_cntr]])],
+    [DATADIRNAME=share],
+    [case $host in
+    *-*-solaris*)
+    dnl On Solaris, if bind_textdomain_codeset is in libc,
+    dnl GNU format message catalog is always supported,
+    dnl since both are added to the libc all together.
+    dnl Hence, we'd like to go with DATADIRNAME=share
+    dnl in this case.
+    AC_CHECK_FUNC(bind_textdomain_codeset,
+      [DATADIRNAME=share], [DATADIRNAME=lib])
+    ;;
+    *)
+    [DATADIRNAME=lib]
+    ;;
+    esac])
+fi
+AC_SUBST(DATADIRNAME)
+
+IT_PO_SUBDIR([po])
+])
+
+
+# IT_PO_SUBDIR(DIRNAME)
+# ---------------------
+# All po subdirs have to be declared with this macro; the subdir "po" is
+# declared by IT_PROG_INTLTOOL.
+#
+AC_DEFUN([IT_PO_SUBDIR],
+[AC_PREREQ([2.53])dnl We use ac_top_srcdir inside AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS.
+dnl
+dnl The following CONFIG_COMMANDS should be executed at the very end
+dnl of config.status.
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE([
+  AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([$1/stamp-it], [
+    if [ ! grep "^# INTLTOOL_MAKEFILE$" "$1/Makefile.in" > /dev/null ]; then
+       AC_MSG_ERROR([$1/Makefile.in.in was not created by intltoolize.])
+    fi
+    rm -f "$1/stamp-it" "$1/stamp-it.tmp" "$1/POTFILES" "$1/Makefile.tmp"
+    >"$1/stamp-it.tmp"
+    [sed '/^#/d
+	 s/^[[].*] *//
+	 /^[ 	]*$/d
+	'"s|^|	$ac_top_srcdir/|" \
+      "$srcdir/$1/POTFILES.in" | sed '$!s/$/ \\/' >"$1/POTFILES"
+    ]
+    [sed '/^POTFILES =/,/[^\\]$/ {
+		/^POTFILES =/!d
+		r $1/POTFILES
+	  }
+	 ' "$1/Makefile.in" >"$1/Makefile"]
+    rm -f "$1/Makefile.tmp"
+    mv "$1/stamp-it.tmp" "$1/stamp-it"
+  ])
+])dnl
+])
+
+# _IT_SUBST(VARIABLE)
+# -------------------
+# Abstract macro to do either _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE or AC_SUBST
+#
+AC_DEFUN([_IT_SUBST],
+[
+AC_SUBST([$1])
+m4_ifdef([_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([$1])])
+]
+)
+
+# deprecated macros
+AU_ALIAS([AC_PROG_INTLTOOL], [IT_PROG_INTLTOOL])
+# A hint is needed for aclocal from Automake <= 1.9.4:
+# AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_INTLTOOL], ...)
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/proplist-util.c b/src/pulsecore/proplist-util.c
index 642c498..ae47ba8 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/proplist-util.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/proplist-util.c
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 #include <libintl.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #include <crt_externs.h>
@@ -207,10 +209,14 @@ void pa_init_proplist(pa_proplist *p) {
     }
 
     if (!pa_proplist_contains(p, PA_PROP_APPLICATION_LANGUAGE)) {
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
         const char *l;
 
         if ((l = setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, NULL)))
             pa_proplist_sets(p, PA_PROP_APPLICATION_LANGUAGE, l);
+#else
+        pa_proplist_sets(p, PA_PROP_APPLICATION_LANGUAGE, "C");
+#endif
     }
 
     if (!pa_proplist_contains(p, PA_PROP_WINDOW_X11_DISPLAY)) {