diff --git a/package/dialog/dialog.mk b/package/dialog/dialog.mk
index 73fabe07cf..b1933b8836 100644
--- a/package/dialog/dialog.mk
+++ b/package/dialog/dialog.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DIALOG_SOURCE = dialog-$(DIALOG_VERSION).tgz
 DIALOG_SITE = ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/dialog
 DIALOG_CONF_OPTS = --with-ncurses --with-curses-dir=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--disable-rpath-hack
-DIALOG_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf ncurses
+DIALOG_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf ncurses $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 DIALOG_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1
 DIALOG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING