diff --git a/src/generic/timectrlg.cpp b/src/generic/timectrlg.cpp
index 71867c2f35..f4b6b8fd00 100644
--- a/src/generic/timectrlg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/timectrlg.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ public:
         // nice to add support to "%k" and "%l" (hours with leading blanks
         // instead of zeros) too as this is the most common unsupported case in
         // practice.
+#if wxUSE_XLOCALE
         m_useAMPM = wxLocale::GetInfo(wxLOCALE_TIME_FMT).Contains("%p");
+#else
+        m_useAMPM = false;
+#endif
 
         m_text->Connect
                 (