diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/make.defaults b/profiles/pentoo/base/make.defaults
index 635e6116f..ea5dc8560 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/make.defaults
@@ -68,3 +68,5 @@ GPSD_PROTOCOLS="nmea0183 nmea2000"
 
 #does gentoo not use this anymore or what?
 BOOTSTRAP_USE="${BOOTSTRAP_USE} python_targets_python3_9 -python_targets_python3_8"
+
+L10N="en en-US"