diff --git a/package/wine/wine.mk b/package/wine/wine.mk
index 78c8e6ab63..7e44e3c81d 100644
--- a/package/wine/wine.mk
+++ b/package/wine/wine.mk
@@ -307,8 +307,12 @@ WINE_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
 endif
 
 # host-gettext is essential for .po file support in host-wine wrc
+ifeq ($(BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS),y)
 HOST_WINE_DEPENDENCIES += host-gettext
 HOST_WINE_CONF_OPTS += --with-gettext --with-gettextpo
+else
+HOST_WINE_CONF_OPTS += --without-gettext --without-gettextpo
+endif
 
 # Wine needs to enable 64-bit build tools on 64-bit host
 ifeq ($(HOSTARCH),x86_64)