diff --git a/package/libblockdev/Config.in b/package/libblockdev/Config.in
index 4389fd794c..4f98621bd8 100644
--- a/package/libblockdev/Config.in
+++ b/package/libblockdev/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBLOCKDEV
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
+	depends on BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	help
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBLOCKDEV_SWAP
 
 endif
 
-comment "libblockdev needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
+comment "libblockdev needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library, locale"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
-		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
diff --git a/package/udisks/Config.in b/package/udisks/Config.in
index 253d5cdc6b..b1d02a31b2 100644
--- a/package/udisks/Config.in
+++ b/package/udisks/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UDISKS
 	bool "udisks"
-	depends on BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE # parted
+	depends on BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE # libblockdev, parted
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # polkit -> C++17
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # polkit