diff --git a/utils/genrandconfig b/utils/genrandconfig
index a2190d6d25..6cb1bed214 100755
--- a/utils/genrandconfig
+++ b/utils/genrandconfig
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ def gen_config(args):
         configlines.append("BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PY_ONLY=y\n")
     if randint(0, 5) == 0:
         configlines.append("BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y\n")
+    if randint(0, 4) == 0:
+        configlines.append("BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS=y\n")
 
     # Write out the configuration file
     if not os.path.exists(args.outputdir):