diff --git a/package/cryptsetup/Config.in b/package/cryptsetup/Config.in
index c4281f7e26..d9c9d4d4f4 100644
--- a/package/cryptsetup/Config.in
+++ b/package/cryptsetup/Config.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CRYPTSETUP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARGON2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
 	  This tool helps manipulate dm-crypt and luks partitions for
 	  on-disk encryption.
diff --git a/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk b/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
index 587ef0a810..68cc1543dc 100644
--- a/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
+++ b/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CRYPTSETUP_VERSION = $(CRYPTSETUP_VERSION_MAJOR).3
 CRYPTSETUP_SOURCE = cryptsetup-$(CRYPTSETUP_VERSION).tar.xz
 CRYPTSETUP_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v$(CRYPTSETUP_VERSION_MAJOR)
 CRYPTSETUP_DEPENDENCIES = lvm2 popt util-linux host-pkgconf json-c libargon2 \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv) \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 CRYPTSETUP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (programs), LGPL-2.1+ (library)
 CRYPTSETUP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LGPL