diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9c54992c8f..c106c71e1c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE),y)
 LOCALE_WHITELIST = $(BUILD_DIR)/locales.nopurge
 LOCALE_NOPURGE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST))
 
-define TARGET_PURGE_LOCALES
+define PURGE_LOCALES
 	rm -f $(LOCALE_WHITELIST)
 	for i in $(LOCALE_NOPURGE); do echo $$i >> $(LOCALE_WHITELIST); done
 
@@ -526,13 +526,14 @@ define TARGET_PURGE_LOCALES
 		done; \
 	done
 endef
+TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += PURGE_LOCALES
 endif
 
 $(TARGETS_ROOTFS): target-finalize
 
 target-finalize: $(TARGETS)
 	@$(call MESSAGE,"Finalizing target directory")
-	$(TARGET_PURGE_LOCALES)
+	$(foreach hook,$(TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS),$($(hook))$(sep))
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/pkgconfig \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/cmake $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/cmake