diff --git a/package/minizip/Config.in b/package/minizip/Config.in
index 5a0c52b3bb..e4d185d9d7 100644
--- a/package/minizip/Config.in
+++ b/package/minizip/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MINIZIP
 	bool "minizip"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
 	  Enables to extract files from a .zip archive file.
 	  It is compatible with PKZip 2.04g, WinZip, InfoZip,