diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 8730b98d..b3c790f6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ else
 endif
     LOPT += -lz
 endif
+    COPT += -DENABLE_FILENAMES_ICONV
+    LOPT += -liconv
     # Use gcc for compiling. Use ncc to build a callgraph and analyze the code.
     CC = gcc
     #CC = nccgen -ncgcc -ncld -ncfabs
diff --git a/src/global.h b/src/global.h
index 1abb0894..6b669065 100644
--- a/src/global.h
+++ b/src/global.h
@@ -760,7 +760,11 @@ GFX2_GLOBAL int Line_number_in_INI_file;
 #include <iconv.h>
 
 #define TOCODE   "CP1252"
+#ifdef __macosx__
+#define FROMCODE "UTF-8-MAC"
+#else
 #define FROMCODE "UTF-8"
+#endif
 GFX2_GLOBAL iconv_t cd;
 GFX2_GLOBAL iconv_t cd_inv;
 #endif /* ENABLE_FILENAMES_ICONV */