diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib.inc
index e12333a9a6..c690ba9571 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib.inc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ CORECONF = "--disable-dtrace --disable-fam --disable-libelf --disable-systemtap
 PTEST_CONF = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ptest', '--enable-installed-tests', '--disable-installed-tests', d)}"
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--enable-included-printf=no ${CORECONF} ${PTEST_CONF}"
 EXTRA_OECONF_class-native = "${CORECONF} --disable-selinux"
+EXTRA_OECONF_append_libc-uclibc = " --with-libiconv=gnu"
 
 do_configure_prepend() {
 	sed -i -e '1s,#!.*,#!${USRBINPATH}/env python,' ${S}/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/gdbus-codegen.in