diff --git a/package/wget/wget.mk b/package/wget/wget.mk
index 80f8314f9d..f3a5274964 100644
--- a/package/wget/wget.mk
+++ b/package/wget/wget.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ WGET_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # patching gnulib .m4 file
 WGET_AUTORECONF = YES
 
+# Ugly kludge to fix autoreconf with old gettext infra
+# We need to gettextize before autoreconf to upgrade
+WGET_DEPENDENCIES += host-gettext
+define WGET_GETTEXTIZE
+	cd $(@D) ; $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/gettextize -f
+endef
+WGET_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += WGET_GETTEXTIZE
+
 # Prefer full-blown wget over busybox
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
 	WGET_DEPENDENCIES += busybox