diff --git a/base.nix b/base.nix
index fe8c941..76c927c 100644
--- a/base.nix
+++ b/base.nix
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ with lib.kernel;
   HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON = yes;
   EFIVAR_FS = yes;
 
+  NLS = yes;
+  NLS_CODEPAGE_437 = yes;
+  NLS_ISO8859_1 = yes;
   UNICODE = yes;
 
   SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT = yes;