diff --git a/android/Android.mk b/android/Android.mk
index f418e785f..3f9ba1830 100644
--- a/android/Android.mk
+++ b/android/Android.mk
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ LOCAL_MODULE       := tinygettext
 LOCAL_PATH         := .
 LOCAL_CPP_FEATURES += rtti exceptions
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES    := $(wildcard ../lib/tinygettext/src/*.cpp)
-LOCAL_CFLAGS       := -I../lib/tinygettext/include
+LOCAL_CFLAGS       := -I../lib/tinygettext/include -DDISABLE_ICONV
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ LOCAL_CFLAGS       := -I../lib/angelscript/include      \
                       -DENABLE_IPV6    \
                       -DENABLE_CRYPTO_OPENSSL           \
                       -DNDEBUG         \
+                      -DDISABLE_ICONV  \
                       -DANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME=\"$(PACKAGE_NAME)\"    \
                       -DANDROID_APP_DIR_NAME=\"$(APP_DIR_NAME)\"    \
                       -DSUPERTUXKART_VERSION=\"$(PROJECT_VERSION)\" \
diff --git a/lib/tinygettext/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/tinygettext/CMakeLists.txt
index e3e59545e..9852dcc74 100644
--- a/lib/tinygettext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/tinygettext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 ## Reveal library type choice to users
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Produce dynamic library instead of static archive" OFF)
 
+# STK addition: disable libiconv
+option(USE_ICONV "Use libiconv" OFF)
+if (USE_ICONV)
 ## Add iconv to include directories
 
 find_package(ICONV REQUIRED)
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ if(HAVE_ICONV_CONST)
 else(HAVE_ICONV_CONST)
   remove_definitions(-DHAVE_ICONV_CONST)
 endif(HAVE_ICONV_CONST)
+else()
+add_definitions(-DDISABLE_ICONV)
+endif()
 
 ## TinyGetText library compilation
 
diff --git a/lib/tinygettext/include/tinygettext/iconv.hpp b/lib/tinygettext/include/tinygettext/iconv.hpp
index 95df1c607..88a55dc7c 100644
--- a/lib/tinygettext/include/tinygettext/iconv.hpp
+++ b/lib/tinygettext/include/tinygettext/iconv.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SDL
+#ifdef DISABLE_ICONV
+#  define tinygettext_iconv_t int
+#elif defined(HAVE_SDL)
 #  include "SDL.h"
 
 #  define tinygettext_ICONV_CONST const
diff --git a/lib/tinygettext/src/iconv.cpp b/lib/tinygettext/src/iconv.cpp
index 19b11d17f..827e4b31e 100644
--- a/lib/tinygettext/src/iconv.cpp
+++ b/lib/tinygettext/src/iconv.cpp
@@ -50,13 +50,16 @@ IConv::IConv(const std::string& from_charset_, const std::string& to_charset_)
 
 IConv::~IConv()
 {
+#ifndef DISABLE_ICONV
   if (cd)
     tinygettext_iconv_close(cd);
+#endif
 }
 
 void
 IConv::set_charsets(const std::string& from_charset_, const std::string& to_charset_)
 {
+#ifndef DISABLE_ICONV
   if (cd)
     tinygettext_iconv_close(cd);
 
@@ -93,12 +96,16 @@ IConv::set_charsets(const std::string& from_charset_, const std::string& to_char
       }
     }
   }
+#endif
 }
 
 /// Convert a string from encoding to another.
 std::string
 IConv::convert(const std::string& text)
 {
+#ifdef DISABLE_ICONV
+  return text;
+#else
   if (!cd)
   {
     return text;
@@ -143,6 +150,7 @@ IConv::convert(const std::string& text)
 
     return result;
   }
+#endif
 }
 
 } // namespace tinygettext