diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8a72258..5f93bf7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1595,6 +1595,7 @@ USE_PORTAGE_TESTING=${USE_PORTAGE_TESTING@Q}
 SELECT_MIRRORS=${SELECT_MIRRORS@Q}
 SELECT_MIRRORS_LARGE_FILE=${SELECT_MIRRORS_LARGE_FILE@Q}
 SYSTEMD=\$([[ \$STAGE3_VARIANT == *systemd* ]] && echo "true" || echo "false")
+MUSL=\$([[ \$STAGE3_VARIANT == *musl* ]] && echo "true" || echo "false")
 
 
 ################################################
diff --git a/gentoo.conf.example b/gentoo.conf.example
index bc5fc0b..0e798c7 100644
--- a/gentoo.conf.example
+++ b/gentoo.conf.example
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ STAGE3_BASENAME="stage3-$GENTOO_ARCH-$STAGE3_VARIANT"
 # Automatically set to true, if the stage3 tarball is based on systemd. In this case
 # we need to use slightly different utilities to setup the base system.
 SYSTEMD=$([[ $STAGE3_VARIANT == *systemd* ]] && echo "true" || echo "false")
+# Automatically set to true, if the stage3 tarball is based on musl.
+MUSL=$([[ $STAGE3_VARIANT == *musl* ]] && echo "true" || echo "false")
 
 # If set to true, the installer will add ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~$GENTOO_ARCH"
 # to /etc/portage/make.conf to enable packages in testing.
diff --git a/scripts/main.sh b/scripts/main.sh
index 91b14bc..56ce505 100644
--- a/scripts/main.sh
+++ b/scripts/main.sh
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ function configure_base_system() {
 		ln -sfn "../usr/share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE" /etc/localtime \
 			|| die "Could not change /etc/localtime link"
 	else
-		einfo "Installing musl-locales"
-		try emerge --verbose sys-apps/musl-locales
+		if [[ $MUSL == "true" ]]; then
+			einfo "Installing musl-locales"
+			try emerge --verbose sys-apps/musl-locales
+		fi
 
 		# Set hostname
 		einfo "Selecting hostname"