diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 037a1ca1562..ca8117d555a 100755
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ class OC_Util {
 			$errors[]=array('error'=>'PHP module zlib is not installed.<br/>','hint'=>'Please ask your server administrator to install the module.');
 			$web_server_restart= false;
 		}
-
+		if(!function_exists('iconv')) {
+			$errors[]=array('error'=>'PHP module iconv is not installed.<br/>','hint'=>'Please ask your server administrator to install the module.');
+			$web_server_restart= false;
+		}
 		if(!function_exists('simplexml_load_string')) {
 			$errors[]=array('error'=>'PHP module SimpleXML is not installed.<br/>','hint'=>'Please ask your server administrator to install the module.');
 			$web_server_restart= false;