diff --git a/package/madplay/Config.in b/package/madplay/Config.in
index 3baeaa0631..d83fac6d1f 100644
--- a/package/madplay/Config.in
+++ b/package/madplay/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MADPLAY
 	bool "madplay"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMAD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBID3TAG
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	help
 	  Command-line front-end to libmad, a high-quality MPEG audio decoder.
 	  It currently supports MPEG-1 and the MPEG-2 extension to lower
diff --git a/package/madplay/madplay.mk b/package/madplay/madplay.mk
index 35aa65166a..3f68dffb81 100644
--- a/package/madplay/madplay.mk
+++ b/package/madplay/madplay.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MADPLAY_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mad/madplay/$(MADPLAY_VE
 MADPLAY_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 MADPLAY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYRIGHT
 MADPLAY_LIBTOOL_PATCH = NO
-MADPLAY_DEPENDENCIES = libmad libid3tag
+MADPLAY_DEPENDENCIES = libmad libid3tag $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),gettext)
 
 # Check if ALSA is built, then we should configure after alsa-lib so
 # ./configure can find alsa-lib.