diff --git a/package/postgresql/Config.in b/package/postgresql/Config.in
index 3ef5e6c683..519b2a17a1 100644
--- a/package/postgresql/Config.in
+++ b/package/postgresql/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	bool "postgresql"
-	# PostgreSQL does not build against uClibc with locales
-	# enabled, due to an uClibc bug, see
-	# http://lists.uclibc.org/pipermail/uclibc/2014-April/048326.html.
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational
 	  database system.
@@ -16,6 +12,3 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	  archives with pg_dump and pg_restore.
 
 	  http://www.postgresql.org
-
-comment "postgresql needs a toolchain w/ glibc"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
diff --git a/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk b/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
index 7dfef06ffa..03154afe3a 100644
--- a/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
+++ b/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ POSTGRESQL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYRIGHT
 POSTGRESQL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 POSTGRESQL_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = pg_config
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
+# PostgreSQL does not build against uClibc with locales
+# enabled, due to an uClibc bug, see
+# http://lists.uclibc.org/pipermail/uclibc/2014-April/048326.html
+# so overwrite automatic detection and disable locale support
+POSTGRESQL_CONF_ENV += pgac_cv_type_locale_t=no
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
 	POSTGRESQL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-thread-safety
 endif