diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
index 8358863259c5..fe6d70f9c5fc 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export STATIC ?= false
 
 # Prefix to the directories we're installing to
 DESTDIR ?=
+LIBINTL_LIBS ?=
 
 # --- CONFIGURATION END ---
 
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)cpupower: $(UTIL_OBJS) $(OUTPUT)libcpupower.so.$(LIB_MAJ)
 ifeq ($(strip $(STATIC)),true)
 	$(QUIET) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(UTIL_OBJS) -lrt -lpci -L$(OUTPUT) -o $@
 else
-	$(QUIET) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(UTIL_OBJS) -lcpupower -lrt -lpci -L$(OUTPUT) -o $@
+	$(QUIET) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(UTIL_OBJS) $(LIBINTL_LIBS) -lcpupower -lrt -lpci -L$(OUTPUT) -o $@
 endif
 	$(QUIET) $(STRIPCMD) $@