diff --git a/package/make/make.mk b/package/make/make.mk
index 4cc5e1597a..95bbfe0e04 100644
--- a/package/make/make.mk
+++ b/package/make/make.mk
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ $(TARGET_DIR)/$(GNUMAKE_TARGET_BINARY): $(GNUMAKE_DIR)/$(GNUMAKE_BINARY)
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/share/locale $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/info \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/man $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/doc
 
-make: uclibc $(TARGET_DIR)/$(GNUMAKE_TARGET_BINARY)
+make: uclibc $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),gettext) $(TARGET_DIR)/$(GNUMAKE_TARGET_BINARY)
 
 make-clean:
 	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(GNUMAKE_DIR) uninstall
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ make-dirclean:
 #
 #############################################################
 ifeq ($(strip $(BR2_PACKAGE_MAKE)),y)
-TARGETS+=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),gettext) make
+TARGETS+=make
 endif