diff --git a/po/Makefile b/po/Makefile
index 425efbc08b3..b656a00fb38 100644
--- a/po/Makefile
+++ b/po/Makefile
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ LINGUAS_DEST= $(foreach LINGUA, $(LINGUAS),$(DIR)$(LINGUA)/LC_MESSAGES/blender.m
 $(DIR)%/LC_MESSAGES/blender.mo: %.po
 	mkdir -p $(@D)
 	msgfmt -o $@ $<
+ifeq ($(BF_VERIFY_MO_FILES), true)
 	@cmp $@ $(NANBLENDERHOME)/bin/.blender/locale/$(basename $<)/LC_MESSAGES/blender.mo \
           || ( echo Mismatch between generated and commited $(basename $<).mo catalog && \
                rm -f $@ && false )
+endif
 
 all debug:: $(LINGUAS_DEST)
 #	Just trigger the deps
diff --git a/source/nan_definitions.mk b/source/nan_definitions.mk
index 8c47bcf11c1..6d4a7139d5b 100644
--- a/source/nan_definitions.mk
+++ b/source/nan_definitions.mk
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ ifndef CONFIG_GUESS
     export NAN_FFMPEGCFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags libavcodec libavdevice libavformat libswscale libavutil)
   endif
 
+    # Compare recreated .mo files with committed ones
+    export BF_VERIFY_MO_FILES ?= true
+
   # Platform Dependent settings go below:
   ifeq ($(OS),darwin)
 
@@ -309,6 +312,9 @@ ifndef CONFIG_GUESS
     # enable l10n
     export INTERNATIONAL ?= true
 
+    # Different endianess will make it fail, rely on other plataforms for checks
+    export BF_VERIFY_MO_FILES = false
+
   else
   ifeq ($(OS),linux)