diff -uNr ghc.orig/Makefile ghc/Makefile
--- ghc.orig/Makefile	2009-07-26 09:22:09.000000000 +0000
+++ ghc/Makefile	2009-07-26 09:22:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 USE_PERL5=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
+USE_ICONV=	yes
 
 # The configure process accepts,filters and canonicalises
 # the CONFIGURE_TARGET variable. You can read the files