diff --git a/package/neon/neon.mk b/package/neon/neon.mk
index 1b8eb368c2..2c00e6a8b4 100644
--- a/package/neon/neon.mk
+++ b/package/neon/neon.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ NEON_LICENSE_FILES = src/COPYING.LIB test/COPYING README
 NEON_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 NEON_CONF_OPTS = --without-gssapi --disable-rpath
 NEON_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = neon-config
-NEON_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+NEON_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+NEON_CONF_ENV = ne_cv_libsfor_bindtextdomain=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NEON_ZLIB),y)
 NEON_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib=$(STAGING_DIR)