diff --git a/firewalld.changes b/firewalld.changes
index 7809b45..f6a0a85 100644
--- a/firewalld.changes
+++ b/firewalld.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 24 14:41:25 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Keep English 'translations' (en_US, en_GB) in the main package:
+  do not force the lang package on plain English systems.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  9 18:58:54 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/firewalld.spec b/firewalld.spec
index 12e4112..6a0f0c9 100644
--- a/firewalld.spec
+++ b/firewalld.spec
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ fi
 %{_prefix}/lib/firewalld/policies/*.xml
 %{_prefix}/lib/firewalld/xmlschema/check.sh
 %{_prefix}/lib/firewalld/xmlschema/*.xsd
+%{_datadir}/locale/en_*/LC_MESSAGES/firewalld.mo
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1
 %dir %{_datadir}/dbus-1
 %dir %{_datadir}/dbus-1/system.d
@@ -383,5 +384,6 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/zsh/site-functions/_firewalld
 
 %files lang -f %{name}.lang
+%exclude %{_datadir}/locale/en_*/LC_MESSAGES/firewalld.mo
 
 %changelog