diff --git a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
index 4c9a9c82af..3b56f87a61 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ makeinstall_init() {
     if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "arm" -a "${TARGET_FLOAT}" = "hard" ]; then
       ln -sf ld.so ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/ld-linux.so.3
     fi
+
+  mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.d/
+    cp -PR ${PKG_BUILD}/.${TARGET_NAME}/iconvdata/ANSI_X3.110.so ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/gconv
+    cp -PR ${PKG_BUILD}/.${TARGET_NAME}/iconvdata/IBM850.so ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/gconv
+    grep IBM850 ${PKG_BUILD}/.${TARGET_NAME}/iconvdata/gconv-modules.d/gconv-modules-extra.conf > \
+      ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.d/gconv-modules-extra.conf
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_init() {
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dosfstools/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/dosfstools/package.mk
index 679c2d0470..7565badbb7 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/dosfstools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dosfstools/package.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="toolchain dosfstools"
 PKG_LONGDESC="dosfstools contains utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems."
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-compat-symlinks"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-compat-symlinks --with-iconv"
 PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET="PREFIX=/usr"
 PKG_MAKEINSTALL_OPTS_TARGET="PREFIX=/usr"