diff --git a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
index 5c214878df..25933a4f8d 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/*.map
   rm -rf $INSTALL/var
 
-# remove locales and charmaps
+# remove locales and charmaps (except UTF-8 for installer)
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/i18n/charmaps
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/i18n/charmaps
+  cp -PR $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/localedata/charmaps/UTF-8 $INSTALL/usr/share/i18n/charmaps
+  gzip $INSTALL/usr/share/i18n/charmaps/UTF-8
 
   if [ ! "$GLIBC_LOCALES" = yes ]; then
     rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/i18n/locales