diff --git a/package/libglib2/Config.in b/package/libglib2/Config.in
index f35723b2e2..be0a351b67 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/Config.in
+++ b/package/libglib2/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	bool "libglib2"
-	select BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PKGCONFIG
 	help
 	  Low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+ and GNOME.
diff --git a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
index d176236db3..ba77399d1d 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
+++ b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ LIBGLIB2_CONF_ENV =	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) \
 LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPT = --enable-shared \
 		--enable-static $(DISABLE_NLS)
 
-LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES = uclibc gettext libintl libiconv pkgconfig
+LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES = uclibc gettext libintl pkgconfig
+
+ifneq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
+LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES+=libiconv
+endif
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,libglib2))