diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3d8283b21..b66bea055 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -514,13 +514,13 @@ endif
 # not have them (Linaro toolchains), we use the ones available on the
 # host machine.
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC),y)
-GENERATE_LOCALE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE))
-ifneq ($(GENERATE_LOCALE),)
+GLIBC_GENERATE_LOCALES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE))
+ifneq ($(GLIBC_GENERATE_LOCALES),)
 TARGETS += host-localedef
 
-define GENERATE_LOCALES
+define GENERATE_GLIBC_LOCALES
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/locale/
-	$(Q)for locale in $(GENERATE_LOCALE) ; do \
+	$(Q)for locale in $(GLIBC_GENERATE_LOCALES) ; do \
 		inputfile=`echo $${locale} | cut -f1 -d'.'` ; \
 		charmap=`echo $${locale} | cut -f2 -d'.' -s` ; \
 		if test -z "$${charmap}" ; then \
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ define GENERATE_LOCALES
 			$${locale} ; \
 	done
 endef
-TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += GENERATE_LOCALES
+TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += GENERATE_GLIBC_LOCALES
 endif
 endif