diff --git a/package/ncmpc/0002-meson.build-link-with-lintl-if-needed.patch b/package/ncmpc/0002-meson.build-link-with-lintl-if-needed.patch
index 248086fb65..9f599c89e9 100644
--- a/package/ncmpc/0002-meson.build-link-with-lintl-if-needed.patch
+++ b/package/ncmpc/0002-meson.build-link-with-lintl-if-needed.patch
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ index 2e6defc..28e9d29 100644
 --- a/meson.build
 +++ b/meson.build
 @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ else
+   error('libintl.h not found')
  endif
  conf.set('ENABLE_NLS', enable_nls)
++intl_dep = cc.find_library('intl', required: false)
  if enable_nls
-+  intl_dep = cc.find_library('intl', required: false)
    conf.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
    subdir('po')
- endif
 @@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ ncmpc = executable('ncmpc',
      boost_dep,
      pcre_dep,
diff --git a/package/ncmpc/ncmpc.mk b/package/ncmpc/ncmpc.mk
index f0fe3fe374..d2204c71c6 100644
--- a/package/ncmpc/ncmpc.mk
+++ b/package/ncmpc/ncmpc.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ NCMPC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 NCMPC_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dcurses=ncurses \
-	-Ddocumentation=disabled
+	-Ddocumentation=disabled \
+	$(if $(BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS),-Dnls=enabled,-Dnls=disabled)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIRC_TOOLS),y)
 NCMPC_DEPENDENCIES += lirc-tools