diff --git a/package/acsccid/Config.in b/package/acsccid/Config.in
index 90624ee797..74dd6de295 100644
--- a/package/acsccid/Config.in
+++ b/package/acsccid/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ACSCCID
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pcsc-lite, libusb
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # pcsc-lite
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # pcsc-lite
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCSC_LITE
 	# Even though there is a --disable-libusb option, it has in
 	# fact no effect, and acsccid really requires libusb.
diff --git a/package/acsccid/acsccid.mk b/package/acsccid/acsccid.mk
index abb25ac3be..28a31b95a3 100644
--- a/package/acsccid/acsccid.mk
+++ b/package/acsccid/acsccid.mk
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@ ACSCCID_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 ACSCCID_DEPENDENCIES = pcsc-lite host-flex host-pkgconf libusb
 ACSCCID_CONF_OPTS = --enable-usbdropdir=/usr/lib/pcsc/drivers
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),y)
+ACSCCID_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))