diff --git a/package/gettext/Config.in b/package/gettext/Config.in
index 0dea03d18d..bf16c34d3e 100644
--- a/package/gettext/Config.in
+++ b/package/gettext/Config.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT_PROVIDES_LIBINTL
 	bool
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_FULL_GETTEXT
-	default y if BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS
+	default y
 
 endif
 
diff --git a/package/gettext/gettext.mk b/package/gettext/gettext.mk
index 454ad298a9..f3325dc6c1 100644
--- a/package/gettext/gettext.mk
+++ b/package/gettext/gettext.mk
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ HOST_GETTEXT_CONF_OPTS = \
 # Force the build of libintl, even if the C library provides a stub
 # gettext implementation
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT_PROVIDES_LIBINTL),y)
-GETTEXT_CONF_OPTS += --with-included-gettext
+GETTEXT_CONF_OPTS += --with-included-gettext --enable-nls
 else
 GETTEXT_CONF_OPTS += --without-included-gettext
 endif