--- a/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
+++ b/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@
     LIBSPLASHSCREEN_CFLAGS += -DWITH_X11 $(X_CFLAGS)
   endif
 
-  LIBSPLASHSCREEN_LIBS :=
+  LIBSPLASHSCREEN_LIBS := -liconv
 
   ifeq ($(call isTargetOs, macosx), true)
     LIBSPLASHSCREEN_LIBS += \
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@
       LIBS_aix := -liconv, \
   ))
 
-  # TARGETS += $(BUILD_LIBSPLASHSCREEN)
+  TARGETS += $(BUILD_LIBSPLASHSCREEN)
 
   ifeq ($(call isTargetOs, macosx), true)
     $(BUILD_LIBSPLASHSCREEN): $(call FindLib, $(MODULE), osxapp)