diff --git a/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk b/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
index 65d3413cde..b8249ef625 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ $(TARGET_DIR)/$(ALSA_UTILS_TARGET_BINARY): $(ALSA_UTILS_DIR)/$(ALSA_UTILS_BINARY
 	fi
 	touch -c $@
 
-alsa-utils: uclibc alsa-lib ncurses $(TARGET_DIR)/$(ALSA_UTILS_TARGET_BINARY)
+alsa-utils: uclibc alsa-lib ncurses $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL),libintl) $(TARGET_DIR)/$(ALSA_UTILS_TARGET_BINARY)
 
 alsa-utils-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(ALSA_UTILS_SOURCE)