diff --git a/ports/libiconv/build.sh b/ports/libiconv/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6ee141dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libiconv/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash ../install.sh
+
+NAME='libiconv'
+VERSION='1.18'
+DOWNLOAD_URL="https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-$VERSION.tar.gz#3b08f5f4f9b4eb82f151a7040bfd6fe6c6fb922efe4b1659c66ea933276965e8"
+CONFIG_SUB=('build-aux/config.sub' 'libcharset/build-aux/config.sub')
+CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
+	'--disable-nls'
+	'CFLAGS=-std=c11'
+)
+
+pre_configure() {
+	echo '#include_next <sys/types.h>' > srclib/sys_types.in.h
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	# remove libtool file
+	rm -f $BANAN_SYSROOT/usr/lib/libcharset.la
+	rm -f $BANAN_SYSROOT/usr/lib/libiconv.la
+}
diff --git a/ports/libiconv/patches/0001-add-shared-library-support.patch b/ports/libiconv/patches/0001-add-shared-library-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d5828a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libiconv/patches/0001-add-shared-library-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff -ruN libiconv-1.18/configure libiconv-1.18-banan_os/configure
+--- libiconv-1.18/configure	2024-12-15 13:57:14.000000000 +0200
++++ libiconv-1.18-banan_os/configure	2025-08-07 23:49:03.383717069 +0300
+@@ -8779,6 +8779,10 @@
+   lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
+   ;;
+ 
++banan_os*)
++  lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
++  ;;
++
+ beos*)
+   lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
+   ;;
+@@ -14510,6 +14514,16 @@
+   esac
+   ;;
+ 
++banan_os*)
++  version_type=linux # correct to gnu/linux during the next big refactor
++  need_lib_prefix=no
++  need_version=no
++  library_names_spec='$libname$release$shared_ext$versuffix $libname$release$shared_ext$major $libname$shared_ext'
++  soname_spec='$libname$release$shared_ext$major'
++  dynamic_linker="$host_os DynamicLoader.so"
++  shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
++  ;;
++
+ beos*)
+   library_names_spec='$libname$shared_ext'
+   dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
diff --git a/ports/libiconv/patches/0002-implement-getprogname.patch b/ports/libiconv/patches/0002-implement-getprogname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20d9f192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libiconv/patches/0002-implement-getprogname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -ruN libiconv-1.18/srclib/getprogname.c libiconv-1.18-banan_os/srclib/getprogname.c
+--- libiconv-1.18/srclib/getprogname.c	2024-07-12 14:55:16.000000000 +0300
++++ libiconv-1.18-banan_os/srclib/getprogname.c	2025-08-07 23:42:50.691745454 +0300
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
+ # include <sys/procfs.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if defined __SCO_VERSION__ || defined __sysv5__
++#if defined __SCO_VERSION__ || defined __sysv5__ || defined __banan_os__
+ # include <fcntl.h>
+ # include <string.h>
+ #endif
+@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
+         }
+     }
+   return NULL;
+-# elif defined __SCO_VERSION__ || defined __sysv5__                /* SCO OpenServer6/UnixWare */
++# elif defined __SCO_VERSION__ || defined __sysv5__ || defined __banan_os__                /* SCO OpenServer6/UnixWare */
+   char buf[80];
+   int fd;
+   sprintf (buf, "/proc/%d/cmdline", getpid());
diff --git a/userspace/libraries/LibC/include/iconv.h b/userspace/libraries/LibC/include/iconv.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 587a7d2b..00000000
--- a/userspace/libraries/LibC/include/iconv.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _ICONV_H
-#define _ICONV_H 1
-
-// https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/iconv.h.html
-
-#include <sys/cdefs.h>
-
-__BEGIN_DECLS
-
-#define __need_size_t
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-typedef void* iconv_t;
-
-size_t	iconv(iconv_t cd, char** __restrict inbuf, size_t* __restrict inbytesleft, char** __restrict outbuf, size_t* __restrict outbytesleft);
-int		iconv_close(iconv_t cd);
-iconv_t	iconv_open(const char* tocode, const char* fromcode);
-
-__END_DECLS
-
-#endif