diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ab565183..3f8be8fa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-04-22  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* lib/defines.h: Added splint definitions to replace <locale.h>
+
 2009-04-22  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* libmisc/utmp.c, libmisc/age.c, libmisc/shell.c, lib/groupio.c,
diff --git a/lib/defines.h b/lib/defines.h
index 9fb706b6..3d44bb6e 100644
--- a/lib/defines.h
+++ b/lib/defines.h
@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ typedef unsigned char _Bool;
 #define ISDIGIT_LOCALE(c) (IN_CTYPE_DOMAIN (c) && isdigit (c))
 
 /* Take care of NLS matters.  */
-
+#ifdef S_SPLINT_S
+extern char *setlocale(int categorie, const char *locale);
+# define LC_ALL		(6)
+extern char * bindtextdomain (const char * domainname, const char * dirname);
+extern char * textdomain (const char * domainname);
+# define _(Text) Text
+# define ngettext(Msgid1, Msgid2, N) \
+    ((N) == 1 ? (const char *) (Msgid1) : (const char *) (Msgid2))
+#else
 #ifdef HAVE_LOCALE_H
 # include <locale.h>
 #else
@@ -49,6 +57,7 @@ typedef unsigned char _Bool;
 # define ngettext(Msgid1, Msgid2, N) \
     ((N) == 1 ? (const char *) (Msgid1) : (const char *) (Msgid2))
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if STDC_HEADERS
 # include <stdlib.h>