diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c7fe382bac4e3..5ba568bfd6e87 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ pub struct CraneliftCodegenBackend {
 }
 
 impl CodegenBackend for CraneliftCodegenBackend {
+    fn locale_resource(&self) -> &'static str {
+        // FIXME(rust-lang/rust#100717) - cranelift codegen backend is not yet translated
+        ""
+    }
+
     fn init(&self, sess: &Session) {
         use rustc_session::config::Lto;
         match sess.lto() {