diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index 237ce9b1..f4a5ca03 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ BBFILE_PRIORITY_meta-qt5-extra = "20"
 LAYERDEPENDS_meta-qt5-extra = "core qt5-layer openembedded-layer networking-layer multimedia-layer"
 
 LICENSE_PATH += "${LAYERDIR}/files/licenses"
+
+# required for fluxbox - supplied by e.g fedora glibc-common
+HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "gencat"
diff --git a/recipes-support/fluxbox/fluxbox_1.3.7.bb b/recipes-support/fluxbox/fluxbox_1.3.7.bb
index a32bb417..22e3a07e 100644
--- a/recipes-support/fluxbox/fluxbox_1.3.7.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/fluxbox/fluxbox_1.3.7.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ SRC_URI = " \
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "d99d7710f9daf793e0246dae5304b595"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c99e2baa06fff1e96342b20415059d12ff1fa2917ade0173c75b2fa570295b9f"
 
+# in case of migration to other layer, build properly for missing 
+# HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "gencat" in layer.conf
+EXTRA_OECONF += "${@bb.utils.contains('HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL', 'gencat', '--enable-nls', '--disable-nls', d)}"
+
 do_install_append() {
     install -d ${D}/${datadir}/xsessions
     install -m 0644 -p ${WORKDIR}/fluxbox.desktop ${D}/${datadir}/xsessions