diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index 0958107f8c..747c09ad4a 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_SINGLE),fftw-single) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),systemd)
 
+PULSEAUDIO_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSAMPLERATE),y)
 PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += -Dsamplerate=enabled
 PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES += libsamplerate