diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 855a9ef19..5f7e14a96 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(edje-cc,
 ])
 AC_SUBST(edje_cc)
 
+AC_DEFINE(E_INTERNAL, 1, "This define can be used to wrap internal E stuff, as config.h isn't exported")
+
 
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
diff --git a/src/bin/e_intl.h b/src/bin/e_intl.h
index b4b8719dc..764b5cad4 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_intl.h
+++ b/src/bin/e_intl.h
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
  */
 #ifdef E_TYPEDEFS
 
+#if E_INTERNAL
 #define _(str) gettext(str)
 #define d_(str, dom) dgettext(PACKAGE dom, str)
+#endif
 
 /* This macro is used to just mark string for translation, this is useful
  * for string lists which are not dynamically allocated