diff --git a/www/mod_php4/scripts/configure.php b/www/mod_php4/scripts/configure.php
index 7d8be833c1aa..674317bf2b68 100644
--- a/www/mod_php4/scripts/configure.php
+++ b/www/mod_php4/scripts/configure.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OpenLDAP2	"OpenLDAP 2.x support" OFF \
 OpenSSL		"OpenSSL support" OFF \
 SNMP		"SNMP support" OFF \
 XML		"XML support" OFF \
-XMLRPC		"XMLRPC-EPI support (implies XML)" OFF \
+XMLRPC		"XMLRPC-EPI support (implies XML and iconv)" OFF \
 XSLT		"Sablotron support (implies XML and iconv)" OFF \
 WDDX		"WDDX support (implies XML)" OFF \
 DOMXML		"DOM support" OFF \
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ while [ "$1" ]; do
 			if [ -z "$XML" ]; then
 				set $* \"XML\"
 			fi
+			if [ -z "$ICONV" ]; then
+				set $* \"iconv\"
+			fi
 			;;
 		\"XSLT\")
 			echo "LIB_DEPENDS+=	sablot.67:\${PORTSDIR}/textproc/sablotron"
diff --git a/www/mod_php5/scripts/configure.php b/www/mod_php5/scripts/configure.php
index 7d8be833c1aa..674317bf2b68 100644
--- a/www/mod_php5/scripts/configure.php
+++ b/www/mod_php5/scripts/configure.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OpenLDAP2	"OpenLDAP 2.x support" OFF \
 OpenSSL		"OpenSSL support" OFF \
 SNMP		"SNMP support" OFF \
 XML		"XML support" OFF \
-XMLRPC		"XMLRPC-EPI support (implies XML)" OFF \
+XMLRPC		"XMLRPC-EPI support (implies XML and iconv)" OFF \
 XSLT		"Sablotron support (implies XML and iconv)" OFF \
 WDDX		"WDDX support (implies XML)" OFF \
 DOMXML		"DOM support" OFF \
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ while [ "$1" ]; do
 			if [ -z "$XML" ]; then
 				set $* \"XML\"
 			fi
+			if [ -z "$ICONV" ]; then
+				set $* \"iconv\"
+			fi
 			;;
 		\"XSLT\")
 			echo "LIB_DEPENDS+=	sablot.67:\${PORTSDIR}/textproc/sablotron"