diff --git a/src/locale/iconv.c b/src/locale/iconv.c
index 5f1b0a3e8d4681c7fba895080431d14441260d1b..c64bcf357f33883ce7541b5e9c6ad89b74e7a6fe 100644
--- a/src/locale/iconv.c
+++ b/src/locale/iconv.c
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ iconv_t iconv_open(const char *to, const char *from)
 	return combine_to_from(t, f);
 }
 
-int iconv_close(iconv_t cd)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static unsigned get_16(const unsigned char *s, int e)
 {
 	e &= 1;
diff --git a/src/locale/iconv_close.c b/src/locale/iconv_close.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fac681cceaa1d39a1351f77b3d0f2410c1baa31c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locale/iconv_close.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <iconv.h>
+
+int iconv_close(iconv_t cd)
+{
+	return 0;
+}