diff --git a/scripts/populate.in b/scripts/populate.in
index 9aa3ee9f..8f476e3c 100644
--- a/scripts/populate.in
+++ b/scripts/populate.in
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ do_add_lib() {
     local dir
     local mode
 
-    for dir in lib usr/lib; do
+    for dir in lib usr/lib usr/lib/gconv; do
         if [ -e "${dir}/${libname}" ]; then
             ${CT_PRINTF} "    already present\n"
             return 0
         fi
     done
-    for dir in lib usr/lib; do
+    for dir in lib usr/lib usr/lib/gconv; do
         ${CT_PRINTF} "    trying in '%s'" "${dir}"
         libfile="${CT_SYSROOT_DIR}/${dir}/${libname}"
         ${CT_PRINTF} ": '%s'\n" "${libfile}"