diff --git a/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk b/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk
index d59e893d4d..e34acde534 100644
--- a/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk
+++ b/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ FONTCONFIG_SOURCE = fontconfig-$(FONTCONFIG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 FONTCONFIG_AUTORECONF = YES
 FONTCONFIG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 FONTCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES = freetype expat host-pkgconf host-gperf \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS),util-linux-libs,util-linux)
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS),util-linux-libs,util-linux) \
+	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 HOST_FONTCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES = \
-	host-freetype host-expat host-pkgconf host-gperf host-util-linux
+	host-freetype host-expat host-pkgconf host-gperf host-util-linux \
+	host-gettext
 FONTCONFIG_LICENSE = fontconfig license
 FONTCONFIG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 FONTCONFIG_CPE_ID_VENDOR = fontconfig_project