diff --git a/am/guilec b/am/guilec
index 7634a9716..f5849d079 100644
--- a/am/guilec
+++ b/am/guilec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AM_V_GUILEC_0 = @echo "  GUILEC" $@;
 
 SUFFIXES = .scm .go
 .scm.go:
-	$(AM_V_GUILEC)GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0			\
+	$(AM_V_GUILEC)GUILE_INSTALL_LOCALE=1 GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 \
 	$(top_builddir)/meta/uninstalled-env			\
 	guild compile --target="$(host)" $(GUILE_WARNINGS)	\
 	  -L "$(abs_srcdir)" -L "$(abs_builddir)"		\
diff --git a/doc/ref/Makefile.am b/doc/ref/Makefile.am
index 260bb1448..4b1706e2b 100644
--- a/doc/ref/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/ref/Makefile.am
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = ChangeLog-2008 $(PICTURES)
 
 libguile-autoconf.texi: autoconf-macros.texi
 autoconf-macros.texi: $(top_srcdir)/meta/guile.m4
-	GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 $(top_builddir)/meta/uninstalled-env guild \
+	GUILE_INSTALL_LOCALE=1 GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 \
+	$(top_builddir)/meta/uninstalled-env guild \
 	  snarf-guile-m4-docs $(top_srcdir)/meta/guile.m4 \
 	  > $(srcdir)/$@
 
diff --git a/libguile/Makefile.am b/libguile/Makefile.am
index 0a401206f..8df2f7c4a 100644
--- a/libguile/Makefile.am
+++ b/libguile/Makefile.am
@@ -703,7 +703,8 @@ load.x: libpath.h
 dynl.x: libpath.h
 
 alldotdocfiles    = $(DOT_DOC_FILES) $(EXTRA_DOT_DOC_FILES)
-snarf2checkedtexi = GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 $(top_builddir)/meta/uninstalled-env guild snarf-check-and-output-texi
+snarf2checkedtexi = GUILE_INSTALL_LOCALE=1 GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 \
+	$(top_builddir)/meta/uninstalled-env guild snarf-check-and-output-texi
 dotdoc2texi       = cat $(alldotdocfiles) | $(snarf2checkedtexi)
 
 guile.texi: $(alldotdocfiles) guile$(EXEEXT)
diff --git a/module/Makefile.am b/module/Makefile.am
index 79957c1b8..c47d0b476 100644
--- a/module/Makefile.am
+++ b/module/Makefile.am
@@ -80,14 +80,15 @@ ETAGS_ARGS +=					\
   ice-9/ChangeLog-2008
 
 ice-9/psyntax-pp.scm.gen:
-	$(top_builddir_absolute)/meta/guile --no-auto-compile -s $(srcdir)/ice-9/compile-psyntax.scm \
+	GUILE_INSTALL_LOCALE=1 GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 \
+	$(top_builddir_absolute)/meta/guile -s $(srcdir)/ice-9/compile-psyntax.scm \
 		$(srcdir)/ice-9/psyntax.scm $(srcdir)/ice-9/psyntax-pp.scm
 
 .PHONY: ice-9/psyntax-pp.scm.gen
 
 # Keep this rule in sync with that in `am/guilec'.
 ice-9/psyntax-pp.go: ice-9/psyntax.scm ice-9/psyntax-pp.scm
-	$(AM_V_GUILEC)GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0				\
+	$(AM_V_GUILEC)GUILE_INSTALL_LOCALE=1 GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0	\
 	$(top_builddir)/meta/uninstalled-env				\
 	guild compile --target="$(host)" $(GUILE_WARNINGS)		\
 	  -L "$(abs_srcdir)" -L "$(abs_builddir)"			\
diff --git a/test-suite/Makefile.am b/test-suite/Makefile.am
index 9fba7b8b3..e7c8c4177 100644
--- a/test-suite/Makefile.am
+++ b/test-suite/Makefile.am
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ LALR_EXTRA +=					\
 
 TESTS = $(LALR_TESTS)
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT =				\
+  GUILE_INSTALL_LOCALE=1			\
+  GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0				\
   @LOCALCHARSET_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT@		\
-  $(top_builddir)/meta/guile --no-auto-compile
+  $(top_builddir)/meta/guile
 
 EXTRA_DIST += $(LALR_EXTRA) $(LALR_TESTS) tests/sxml-match-tests.ss
diff --git a/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am b/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am
index be5d91380..4b1c8227c 100644
--- a/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am
+++ b/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT =						\
   srcdir="$(srcdir)"						\
   builddir="$(builddir)"					\
   @LOCALCHARSET_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT@				\
-  GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 "${top_builddir}/meta/uninstalled-env"
+  GUILE_INSTALL_LOCALE=1 GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 "${top_builddir}/meta/uninstalled-env"
 
-## Check for headers in $(srcdir) and bulid dir before $(CPPFLAGS), which
+## Check for headers in $(srcdir) and build dir before $(CPPFLAGS), which
 ## may point us to an old, installed version of guile.
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir) \
 	      -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_builddir)/lib
diff --git a/test-suite/vm/Makefile.am b/test-suite/vm/Makefile.am
index 0e6e974e2..2a3e38f87 100644
--- a/test-suite/vm/Makefile.am
+++ b/test-suite/vm/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in.
 ##
-## Copyright 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Software Foundation, Inc.
+## Copyright 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ## This file is part of GUILE.
 ##
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ##   Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
+	GUILE_INSTALL_LOCALE=1 \
 	$(top_builddir)/meta/guile \
 	-l $(srcdir)/run-vm-tests.scm -e run-vm-tests