diff --git a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
index a2c38a68c9..61658cf48a 100644
--- a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
+++ b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MODEM_MANAGER_SOURCE = ModemManager-$(MODEM_MANAGER_VERSION).tar.xz
 MODEM_MANAGER_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager
 MODEM_MANAGER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (programs, plugins), LGPL-2.0+ (libmm-glib)
 MODEM_MANAGER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
-MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-intltool libglib2
+MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libglib2 $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 MODEM_MANAGER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 MODEM_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS = --disable-more-warnings