diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-locale.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-locale.inc
index 70e2b3a16b..75ababea68 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-locale.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-locale.inc
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ BINUTILSDEP = "virtual/${MLPREFIX}${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils:do_populate_sysroot"
 BINUTILSDEP_class-nativesdk = "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils-crosssdk:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_package[depends] += "${BINUTILSDEP}"
 
+# localedef links with libc.so and glibc-collateral.incinhibits all default deps
+# cannot add virtual/libc to DEPENDS, because it would conflict with libc-initial in RSS
+RDEPENDS_localedef += "glibc"
+
 # Binary locales are generated at build time if ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION
 # is set. The idea is to avoid running localedef on the target (at first boot)
 # to decrease initial boot time and avoid localedef being killed by the OOM