diff --git a/package/dropwatch/dropwatch.mk b/package/dropwatch/dropwatch.mk
index e08a0c1357..692a6e8c40 100644
--- a/package/dropwatch/dropwatch.mk
+++ b/package/dropwatch/dropwatch.mk
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@
 
 DROPWATCH_VERSION = 7c33d8a8ed105b07a46b55d71d93b36ed34c16db
 DROPWATCH_SITE = git://git.infradead.org/users/nhorman/dropwatch.git
-DROPWATCH_DEPENDENCIES = binutils libnl readline host-pkgconf
+DROPWATCH_DEPENDENCIES = binutils libnl readline host-pkgconf \
+	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 DROPWATCH_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 DROPWATCH_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 # libbfd may be linked to libintl
 # Ugly... but LDLIBS are hardcoded anyway
 DROPWATCH_LDLIBS = \
-	-lbfd -lreadline -lnl-3 -lnl-genl-3 -lpthread -lncurses -lm
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),y)
-DROPWATCH_LDLIBS += -lintl
-endif
+	-lbfd -lreadline -lnl-3 -lnl-genl-3 -lpthread -lncurses -lm \
+	$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 define DROPWATCH_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \