diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
index 753cdbd7b805..a542c6ba84b3 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 static inline const char *gettext(const char *txt) { return txt; }
 static inline void textdomain(const char *domainname) {}
 static inline void bindtextdomain(const char *name, const char *dir) {}
+static inline char *bind_textdomain_codeset(const char *dn, char *c) { return c; }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus