diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-system/template b/srcpkgs/base-system/template
index d5f950788ca..795506c13bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-system/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-system/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Public domain"
 
 depends="
- base-files>=0.77 ncurses coreutils findutils glibc-locales diffutils
+ base-files>=0.77 ncurses coreutils findutils diffutils
  dash bash grep gzip file sed gawk less util-linux which tar man-pages
  openbsd-man shadow e2fsprogs btrfs-progs xfsprogs f2fs-tools dosfstools
  psmisc procps-ng tzdata pciutils iana-etc openssh dhcpcd
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ depends="
  void-artwork traceroute ethtool kmod
  $(vopt_if systemd systemd 'eudev runit-void')"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	*-musl);;
+	*) depends+=" glib-locales";;
+esac
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686) depends+=" linux";;
 	x86_64) depends+=" linux";;