diff --git a/package/exiv2/exiv2.mk b/package/exiv2/exiv2.mk
index 6bc88482c6..32029bab97 100644
--- a/package/exiv2/exiv2.mk
+++ b/package/exiv2/exiv2.mk
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ else
 EXIV2_CONF_OPTS += -DEXIV2_ENABLE_XMP=OFF -DEXIV2_ENABLE_LIBXMP=OFF
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
+EXIV2_DEPENDENCIES += $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS),y)
 EXIV2_CONF_OPTS += -DEXIV2_ENABLE_NLS=ON
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),y)
-EXIV2_DEPENDENCIES += gettext
-endif
 else
 EXIV2_CONF_OPTS += -DEXIV2_ENABLE_NLS=OFF
 endif