diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index bd5e377a785..5ceaf73bcac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ long_desc="
  as C++ and Objective C; the runtime facilities of other programming
  languages use the C library to access the underlying operating system."
 
+# Don't check for deps here
+ignore_vdeps_dir="/usr/lib/gconv"
+
 essential=yes
 base_chroot=yes
 conf_files="/etc/rpc /etc/ld.so.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf"