diff --git a/libs/glib2/Makefile b/libs/glib2/Makefile
index 292ac09b06..8abd87ea1d 100644
--- a/libs/glib2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/glib2/Makefile
@@ -98,10 +98,6 @@ define Build/InstallDev
 		$(1)/usr/lib/
 
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
-ifneq ($(INTL_FULL),)
-	$(SED) '/^Libs:/s/$$$$/ -lintl/' \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc
-endif
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
 		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc \
 		$(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
diff --git a/libs/glib2/patches/007-openwrt-libintl.patch b/libs/glib2/patches/007-openwrt-libintl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8441e63476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/glib2/patches/007-openwrt-libintl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -2045,8 +2045,11 @@ endif
+ # proxy-libintl subproject.
+ # FIXME: glib-gettext.m4 has much more checks to detect broken/uncompatible
+ # implementations. This could be extended if issues are found in some platforms.
++#
++# 007-openwrt-libintl.patch: with BUILD_NLS=y use libintl-full, else use libc
++#
+ libintl_deps = []
+-if cc.has_function('ngettext', args : osx_ldflags)
++if get_option('nls').disabled() and cc.has_function('ngettext', args : osx_ldflags)
+   have_bind_textdomain_codeset = cc.has_function('bind_textdomain_codeset')
+ else
+   # First just find the bare library.