diff --git a/libs/apr-util/Makefile b/libs/apr-util/Makefile
index ae352f2fd3..97d377c077 100644
--- a/libs/apr-util/Makefile
+++ b/libs/apr-util/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2016 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=apr-util
 PKG_VERSION:=1.5.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@APACHE/apr/
@@ -41,16 +41,21 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--with-apr="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/apr-1-config" \
 	--with-expat="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
 	--without-sqlite2 \
-	--with-sqlite3="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
-	--with-iconv="$(ICONV_PREFIX)" \
+	--with-sqlite3="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr"
+
+ifdef $(CONFIG_BUILD_NLS)
+	CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-iconv="$(ICONV_PREFIX)"
+else
+	CONFIGURE_ARGS += --without-iconv
+endif
 
 CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	ac_cv_file_dbd_apr_dbd_mysql_c=no \
 	ac_cv_path_ODBC_CONFIG= \
-	APR_BUILD_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/share/build-1" \
+	APR_BUILD_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/share/build-1"
 
 MAKE_FLAGS += \
-	APRUTIL_LIBS="-lsqlite3 $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -lexpat $(if $(ICONV_FULL),-liconv) -lapr-1 -luuid -lm -lcrypt" \
+	APRUTIL_LIBS="-lsqlite3 $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -lexpat $(if $(ICONV_FULL),-liconv) -lapr-1 -luuid -lm -lcrypt"
 
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin $(1)/usr/include/apr-1/ $(1)/usr/lib  $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/