diff --git a/package/rpm/rpm.mk b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
index 246c0d0695..b1ce4ad44b 100644
--- a/package/rpm/rpm.mk
+++ b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ RPM_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf berkeleydb file popt zlib \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 RPM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 or LGPL-2.0 (library only)
 RPM_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-# Needed to fix an issue with -lintl linking
-RPM_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 RPM_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-python \
@@ -74,6 +72,7 @@ endif
 # ac_cv_prog_cc_c99: RPM uses non-standard GCC extensions (ex. `asm`).
 RPM_CONF_ENV = \
 	ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=gnu99' \
-	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(RPM_CFLAGS)"
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(RPM_CFLAGS)" \
+	LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))