diff --git a/package/samba/Config.in b/package/samba/Config.in
index 720ecd7953..a7a0b34df3 100644
--- a/package/samba/Config.in
+++ b/package/samba/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SAMBA
 	bool "samba"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
 	  Provides print services to all manner of SMB/CIFS clients,
 	  including the numerous versions of Microsoft Windows
diff --git a/package/samba/samba.mk b/package/samba/samba.mk
index 411536302b..39968a9cb0 100644
--- a/package/samba/samba.mk
+++ b/package/samba/samba.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SAMBA_INSTALL_TARGET = YES
 
 
 SAMBA_DEPENDENCIES = \
-	libiconv \
+	$(if $(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),,libiconv) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SAMBA_RPCCLIENT),readline) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SAMBA_SMBCLIENT),readline) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SAMBA_AVAHI),avahi) \