diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c057351e96..dbf4558c34 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5282,7 +5282,7 @@ fi
 
 # auto-detect iconv(3) support
 if [ "$CFG_ICONV" != "no" ]; then
-    if [ "$PLATFORM_QWS" = "yes" -o "$PLATFORM_QPA" = "yes" ]; then
+    if [ "$PLATFORM_QWS" = "yes" -o "$PLATFORM_QPA" = "yes" -o "$XPLATFORM_MINGW" = "yes" ]; then
 	CFG_ICONV=no
     elif "$unixtests/compile.test" "$XQMAKESPEC" "$QMAKE_CONFIG" "$OPT_VERBOSE" "$relpath" "$outpath" "config.tests/unix/iconv" "POSIX iconv" $L_FLAGS $I_FLAGS $l_FLAGS $MAC_CONFIG_TEST_COMMANDLINE; then
         CFG_ICONV=yes