diff --git a/package/gettext/gettext.mk b/package/gettext/gettext.mk
index 2232d64bc7..dd7f75a3a1 100644
--- a/package/gettext/gettext.mk
+++ b/package/gettext/gettext.mk
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ $(STAGING_DIR)/$(GETTEXT_TARGET_BINARY): $(GETTEXT_DIR)/$(GETTEXT_BINARY)
 		autopoint envsubst gettext.sh gettextize msg* ?gettext)
 	touch -c $@
 
-gettext: uclibc pkgconfig $(STAGING_DIR)/$(GETTEXT_TARGET_BINARY)
+gettext: uclibc pkgconfig $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv) $(STAGING_DIR)/$(GETTEXT_TARGET_BINARY)
 
 gettext-unpacked: $(GETTEXT_DIR)/.unpacked
 
diff --git a/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk b/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
index 3a54d1bf4e..6e99d041a8 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 $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL),libintl) $(TARGET_DIR)/$(ALSA_UTILS_TARGET_BINARY)
+alsa-utils: uclibc alsa-lib ncurses $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL),libintl) $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv) $(TARGET_DIR)/$(ALSA_UTILS_TARGET_BINARY)
 
 alsa-utils-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(ALSA_UTILS_SOURCE)