--- a/config/libelf.pc.in
+++ b/config/libelf.pc.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Description: elfutils libelf library to
 Version: @VERSION@
 URL: http://elfutils.org/
 
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lelf
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lelf @intl_LDFLAGS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 
 Requires.private: zlib @LIBZSTD@
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -728,6 +728,9 @@ dnl AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION suppo
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19.6])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION([0.19.6])
 
+case "$USE_NLS" in yes) intl_LDFLAGS="-lintl" ;; esac
+AC_SUBST([intl_LDFLAGS])
+
 dnl Appended to the config.h file.
 dnl We hide all kinds of configuration magic in lib/eu-config.h.
 AH_BOTTOM([#include <eu-config.h>])