diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a47f17e..92e3af1 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -845,6 +845,36 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/make" ]; then
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/make"
 fi
 
+# build libiconv
+if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/libiconv" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/libiconv" ]; then
+        tar -xf "$BASE_DIR/sources/libiconv-1.17.tar.gz"
+        mv "libiconv-1.17" "$LFS_BUILD/libiconv"
+    fi
+    cd "$LFS_BUILD/libiconv"
+
+    mkdir -vp build
+    cd        build
+
+    "../configure"                       \
+        --prefix=/usr                    \
+        --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
+        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
+        --enable-extra-encodings         \
+        --cache-file=config.cache
+
+    # workaround for insecure rpath
+    sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
+    sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
+
+    make -j 32
+    make -j 32 DESTDIR="$LFS" install
+
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+
+    touch "$STEPS_DIR/libiconv"
+fi
+
 ## build gettext
 #if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/gettext" ]; then
 #    if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/gettext" ]; then