diff --git a/libs/elfutils/Makefile b/libs/elfutils/Makefile
index 7dcc2c7a7..4f2ffa5fb 100644
--- a/libs/elfutils/Makefile
+++ b/libs/elfutils/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ define Package/libelf1
   TITLE+= (libelf)
 endef
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_NLS),y)
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += "-lintl"
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_USE_UCLIBC
 CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	LIBS="-largp"