diff --git a/package/libglib2/Config.in b/package/libglib2/Config.in
index ca3c76e35b..f35723b2e2 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/Config.in
+++ b/package/libglib2/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PKGCONFIG
 	help
 	  Low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+ and GNOME.
diff --git a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
index 48a9aabae5..0ff0e80ef0 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
+++ b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPT =	--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
 		--infodir=/usr/info --enable-shared \
 		--enable-static $(DISABLE_NLS)
 
-LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES = uclibc gettext libintl pkgconfig
+LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES = uclibc gettext libintl libiconv pkgconfig
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,libglib2))