diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 872c19d54b..b6d328c360 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-# $FreeBSD: www/Makefile,v 1.16 2000/11/30 00:03:37 kuriyama Exp $
+# $FreeBSD: www/Makefile,v 1.17 2001/02/25 12:00:45 alex Exp $
 
 WEB_PREFIX=	${.CURDIR}
 
 SUBDIR= en
 
+.if !defined(ENGLISH_ONLY) || empty(ENGLISH_ONLY)
 .if make(obj)
 SUBDIR+= ja es ru zh de
 .endif
+.endif
 
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