diff --git a/net/transmission/Makefile b/net/transmission/Makefile
index 37d6398ac..220459e5b 100644
--- a/net/transmission/Makefile
+++ b/net/transmission/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=transmission
 PKG_VERSION:=3.00
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GITHUB/transmission/transmission-releases/master
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:transmissionbt:transmission
 
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package-seccomp.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 
 define Package/transmission/template
   SUBMENU:=BitTorrent
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ define Package/transmission/template
   CATEGORY:=Network
   TITLE:=BitTorrent client
   URL:=https://www.transmissionbt.com
-  DEPENDS:=+libcurl +libevent2 +libminiupnpc +libnatpmp +libpthread +librt +zlib
+  DEPENDS:=+libcurl +libevent2 +libminiupnpc +libnatpmp +libpthread +librt +zlib $(ICONV_DEPENDS)
 endef
 
 define Package/transmission-daemon/Default
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ endef
 Package/transmission-daemon-mbedtls/conffiles = $(Package/transmission-daemon-openssl/conffiles)
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -flto
-TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--as-needed
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--as-needed -liconv
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-cli \
diff --git a/net/transmission/patches/010-no-intltool.patch b/net/transmission/patches/010-no-intltool.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a82c62f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/transmission/patches/010-no-intltool.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -555,9 +555,6 @@ dnl it should be safe to re-edit 0.40 back down to 0.23
+ use_nls=no
+ if test "x$enable_nls" = "xyes" ; then
+     use_nls=yes
+-    m4_ifdef([IT_PROG_INTLTOOL],
+-             [IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35.0],[no-xml])],
+-             [AC_MSG_ERROR("--enable-nls requires intltool to be installed.")])
+     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([libintl.h])
+     GETTEXT_PACKAGE=transmission-gtk
+     AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)