diff --git a/docs/configuration/system.md b/docs/configuration/system.md
index 5a7c8bebde5..7061274f1da 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/system.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/system.md
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ Email is sent from NetBox only for critical events or if configured for [logging
 
 ---
 
+## ENABLE_LOCALIZATION
+
+Default: False
+
+Determines if localization features are enabled or not. This should only be enabled for development or testing purposes as netbox is not yet fully localized. Turning this on will localize numeric and date formats (overriding what is set for DATE_FORMAT) based on the browser locale as well as translate certain strings from third party modules.
+
+---
+
 ## HTTP_PROXIES
 
 Default: None
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/configuration_example.py b/netbox/netbox/configuration_example.py
index f298b35fed5..9d96514625b 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/configuration_example.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/configuration_example.py
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = 'sessionid'
 # database access.) Note that the user as which NetBox runs must have read and write permissions to this path.
 SESSION_FILE_PATH = None
 
+# Localization
+ENABLE_LOCALIZATION = False
+
 # Time zone (default: UTC)
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
 
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index cc0a3c0161f..3a494093b53 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ STORAGE_BACKEND = getattr(configuration, 'STORAGE_BACKEND', None)
 STORAGE_CONFIG = getattr(configuration, 'STORAGE_CONFIG', {})
 TIME_FORMAT = getattr(configuration, 'TIME_FORMAT', 'g:i a')
 TIME_ZONE = getattr(configuration, 'TIME_ZONE', 'UTC')
+ENABLE_LOCALIZATION = getattr(configuration, 'ENABLE_LOCALIZATION', False)
 
 # Check for hard-coded dynamic config parameters
 for param in PARAMS:
@@ -356,6 +357,9 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django_prometheus.middleware.PrometheusAfterMiddleware',
 ]
 
+if not ENABLE_LOCALIZATION:
+    MIDDLEWARE.remove("django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware")
+
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'netbox.urls'
 
 TEMPLATES_DIR = BASE_DIR + '/templates'
@@ -651,6 +655,13 @@ RQ_QUEUES.update({
     queue: RQ_PARAMS for queue in set(QUEUE_MAPPINGS.values()) if queue not in RQ_QUEUES
 })
 
+#
+# Localization
+#
+
+if not ENABLE_LOCALIZATION:
+    USE_I18N = False
+    USE_L10N = False
 
 #
 # Plugins