diff --git a/package/libpsl/Config.in b/package/libpsl/Config.in
index a4cbce6b43..7b02d961c8 100644
--- a/package/libpsl/Config.in
+++ b/package/libpsl/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPSL
 	bool "libpsl"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libunistring, icu
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBIDN2 if !BR2_PACKAGE_ICU && !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBIDN
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNISTRING if !BR2_PACKAGE_ICU
 	help
diff --git a/package/libpsl/libpsl.mk b/package/libpsl/libpsl.mk
index 5dc03a7c24..742117e8ea 100644
--- a/package/libpsl/libpsl.mk
+++ b/package/libpsl/libpsl.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ LIBPSL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING src/LICENSE.chromium
 LIBPSL_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 LIBPSL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),)
+LIBPSL_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
+endif
+
 # The order of checks is the same as done by libpsl when configured.
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBIDN2)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNISTRING),yy)
 LIBPSL_CONF_OPTS += -Druntime=libidn2 -Dbuiltin=libidn2