diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
index b0661ed986..0329299fe0 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 NODEJS_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ICU),y)
+NODEJS_DEPENDENCIES += icu
+endif
+
 # nodejs build system is based on python, but only support python-2.6 or
 # python-2.7. So, we have to enforce PYTHON interpreter to be python2.
 define HOST_NODEJS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ define NODEJS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--without-snapshot \
 		--shared-zlib \
 		$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),--shared-openssl,--without-ssl) \
+		$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ICU),--with-intl=system-icu,--with-intl=none) \
 		$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NODEJS_NPM),,--without-npm) \
 		--without-dtrace \
 		--without-etw \