diff --git a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
index 7628c21ed0..8f9caf3ae5 100644
--- a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
+++ b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PROCPS_NG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 
 PROCPS_NG_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),y)
 PROCPS_NG_DEPENDENCIES += gettext
 PROCPS_NG_CONF_OPT += LIBS=-lintl
 endif