diff --git a/package/libsoup/Config.in b/package/libsoup/Config.in
index 57b425f..219f822 100644
--- a/package/libsoup/Config.in
+++ b/package/libsoup/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2 and gnutls
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	help
 	  libsoup is an HTTP client/server library. It uses GObject
 	  and the GLib main loop, to integrate well with GNOME