diff --git a/package/samba4/samba4.mk b/package/samba4/samba4.mk
index 3f16b5be4a..f6dbda9dbb 100644
--- a/package/samba4/samba4.mk
+++ b/package/samba4/samba4.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SAMBA4_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),readline) \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 SAMBA4_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
-SAMBA4_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
+SAMBA4_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 SAMBA4_CONF_ENV = \
 	CFLAGS="$(SAMBA4_CFLAGS)" \
 	LDFLAGS="$(SAMBA4_LDFLAGS)"