diff --git a/package/ding-libs/Config.in b/package/ding-libs/Config.in
index 6069ed9051..7af75b7b94 100644
--- a/package/ding-libs/Config.in
+++ b/package/ding-libs/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DING_LIBS
 	bool "ding-libs"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	help
 	  The ding-libs packages contain a set of libraries used by
diff --git a/package/ding-libs/ding-libs.mk b/package/ding-libs/ding-libs.mk
index d7977eef2c..5b842ffa0e 100644
--- a/package/ding-libs/ding-libs.mk
+++ b/package/ding-libs/ding-libs.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 DING_LIBS_VERSION = 0_4_0
 DING_LIBS_SOURCE = ding_libs-$(DING_LIBS_VERSION).tar.xz
 DING_LIBS_SITE = https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/ding-libs.git/snapshot
-DING_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),gettext) host-pkgconf
+DING_LIBS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),gettext) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)
 DING_LIBS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 DING_LIBS_LICENSE = LGPLv3+ (library),GPLv3+ (test programs)
 DING_LIBS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LESSER