diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/attr/attr.inc b/meta/recipes-support/attr/attr.inc
index c110340..b2ed9a1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/attr/attr.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/attr/attr.inc
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ do_install_append() {
 	sed -i ${D}${libdir}/libattr.la -e \
 	    s,^libdir=\'${base_libdir}\'$,libdir=\'${libdir}\',
 }
+
+# Only append ldflags for target recipe
+LDFLAGS_libc-uclibc += "${@['', '-lintl']['${PN}' == '${BPN}']}"
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/attr/ea-acl.inc b/meta/recipes-support/attr/ea-acl.inc
index bc93107..a09c31c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/attr/ea-acl.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/attr/ea-acl.inc
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # this build system is mostly shared by attr and acl
 
-DEPENDS =+ "gettext"
-
 SRC_URI += "file://relative-libdir.patch;striplevel=0 \
             file://no-fixed-prog-path.patch"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools gettext
 
 # the package comes with a custom config.h.in, it cannot be
 # overwritten by autoheader