diff --git a/package/lshw/Config.in b/package/lshw/Config.in
index 98beacd79..afefa6c46 100644
--- a/package/lshw/Config.in
+++ b/package/lshw/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LSHW
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	help
 	  lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide
 	  detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.
diff --git a/package/lshw/lshw.mk b/package/lshw/lshw.mk
index 71f52a581..cc003473e 100644
--- a/package/lshw/lshw.mk
+++ b/package/lshw/lshw.mk
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@
 
 LSHW_VERSION = B.02.16
 LSHW_SITE = http://ezix.org/software/files
+
+LSHW_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
+ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),)
+LSHW_CFLAGS += -DNONLS
+endif
+
 LSHW_MAKE_OPT = CC="$(TARGET_CC)" CXX="$(TARGET_CXX)" AR="$(TARGET_AR)" \
-	RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" all
-LSHW_MAKE_ENV = LIBS="$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),-lintl)"
-LSHW_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext)
+	RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$(LSHW_CFLAGS)" all
+LSHW_MAKE_ENV = LIBS="$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),-lintl)"
+LSHW_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)
 
 define LSHW_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(LSHW_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/src $(LSHW_MAKE_OPT)