diff --git a/package/psmisc/Config.in b/package/psmisc/Config.in
index a9f71b9543..e7ce704619 100644
--- a/package/psmisc/Config.in
+++ b/package/psmisc/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PSMISC
 	bool "psmisc"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
 	  Helpful /proc related utilities such as pstree, fuser, and killall
 
diff --git a/package/psmisc/psmisc.mk b/package/psmisc/psmisc.mk
index b2ec834f96..e892147487 100644
--- a/package/psmisc/psmisc.mk
+++ b/package/psmisc/psmisc.mk
@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@ PSMISC_CONF_ENV:=ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
 PSMISC_CONF_OPT:= $(DISABLE_NLS) $(DISABLE_IPV6)
 PSMISC_DEPENDENCIES:=uclibc ncurses
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
+# psmisc gets confused and forgets to link with libintl
+PSMISC_MAKE_OPT:=LIBS=-lintl
+PSMISC_DEPENDENCIES+= gettext libintl
+endif
+
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,psmisc))