diff --git a/base/uclibc/uclibc.conf b/base/uclibc/uclibc.conf
index 855c3d131..7ba8c1139 100644
--- a/base/uclibc/uclibc.conf
+++ b/base/uclibc/uclibc.conf
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ else
 	var_append makeopt ' ' "PREFIX=$root"
 fi
 
+if [ "$SDECFG_DISABLE_NLS" = "0" ]; then
+	hook_add premake 3 'uclibc_locale'
+	uclibc_locale() {
+		find "$PWD/extra/locale/charmaps" -name "*.pairs" > "$PWD/extra/locale/codesets.txt"
+		eval $MAKE -C extra/locale
+	}
+fi
+
 makeinstopt="$makeopt -j 1"
 var_append makeopt ' ' "CROSS=${archprefix}"