diff --git a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/StubIrBuilder.kt b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/StubIrBuilder.kt
index 47cf81629f3..7ad2dbb8846 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/StubIrBuilder.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/StubIrBuilder.kt
@@ -431,7 +431,11 @@ class StubIrBuilder(private val context: StubIrContext) {
 
     private fun generateStubsForFunction(func: FunctionDecl) {
         try {
-            addStubs(FunctionStubBuilder(buildingContext, func, skipOverloads = true).build())
+            addStubs(FunctionStubBuilder(
+                    buildingContext,
+                    func,
+                    skipOverloads = func.name !in context.configuration.allowedOverloadsForCFunctions
+            ).build())
         } catch (e: Throwable) {
             context.log("Warning: cannot generate stubs for function ${func.name}")
         }
diff --git a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropConfiguration.kt b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropConfiguration.kt
index 1fd8416e1be..080fdc1026f 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropConfiguration.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropConfiguration.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class InteropConfiguration(
         val nonStrictEnums: Set<String>,
         val noStringConversion: Set<String>,
         val exportForwardDeclarations: List<String>,
+        val allowedOverloadsForCFunctions: Set<String>,
         val disableDesignatedInitializerChecks: Boolean,
         val disableExperimentalAnnotation: Boolean,
         val target: KonanTarget
diff --git a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
index 99cfa758883..0b5c068225d 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ private fun processCLib(
             nonStrictEnums = def.config.nonStrictEnums.toSet(),
             noStringConversion = def.config.noStringConversion.toSet(),
             exportForwardDeclarations = def.config.exportForwardDeclarations,
+            allowedOverloadsForCFunctions = def.config.allowedOverloadsForCFunctions.toSet(),
             disableDesignatedInitializerChecks = def.config.disableDesignatedInitializerChecks,
             disableExperimentalAnnotation = cinteropArguments.disableExperimentalAnnotation ?: false,
             target = target
diff --git a/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/ios/iconv.def b/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/ios/iconv.def
index e52d20f4da0..f1ef2f1c525 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/ios/iconv.def
+++ b/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/ios/iconv.def
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ package = platform.iconv
 headers = iconv.h
 headerFilter = **
 linkerOpts = -liconv
+allowedOverloadsForCFunctions = iconv iconvctl iconv_close
+
+---
+typedef void* __kotlin_iconv_t;
+size_t __attribute__((overloadable)) iconv(__kotlin_iconv_t, char **, size_t *, char **, size_t *) asm("_iconv");
+int __attribute__((overloadable)) iconvctl(__kotlin_iconv_t, int, void *) asm("_iconvctl");
+int __attribute__((overloadable)) iconv_close(__kotlin_iconv_t) asm("_iconv_close");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/osx/iconv.def b/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/osx/iconv.def
index e52d20f4da0..f1ef2f1c525 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/osx/iconv.def
+++ b/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/osx/iconv.def
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ package = platform.iconv
 headers = iconv.h
 headerFilter = **
 linkerOpts = -liconv
+allowedOverloadsForCFunctions = iconv iconvctl iconv_close
+
+---
+typedef void* __kotlin_iconv_t;
+size_t __attribute__((overloadable)) iconv(__kotlin_iconv_t, char **, size_t *, char **, size_t *) asm("_iconv");
+int __attribute__((overloadable)) iconvctl(__kotlin_iconv_t, int, void *) asm("_iconvctl");
+int __attribute__((overloadable)) iconv_close(__kotlin_iconv_t) asm("_iconv_close");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/tvos/iconv.def b/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/tvos/iconv.def
index e52d20f4da0..f1ef2f1c525 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/tvos/iconv.def
+++ b/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/tvos/iconv.def
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ package = platform.iconv
 headers = iconv.h
 headerFilter = **
 linkerOpts = -liconv
+allowedOverloadsForCFunctions = iconv iconvctl iconv_close
+
+---
+typedef void* __kotlin_iconv_t;
+size_t __attribute__((overloadable)) iconv(__kotlin_iconv_t, char **, size_t *, char **, size_t *) asm("_iconv");
+int __attribute__((overloadable)) iconvctl(__kotlin_iconv_t, int, void *) asm("_iconvctl");
+int __attribute__((overloadable)) iconv_close(__kotlin_iconv_t) asm("_iconv_close");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/watchos/iconv.def b/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/watchos/iconv.def
index e52d20f4da0..f1ef2f1c525 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/watchos/iconv.def
+++ b/kotlin-native/platformLibs/src/platform/watchos/iconv.def
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ package = platform.iconv
 headers = iconv.h
 headerFilter = **
 linkerOpts = -liconv
+allowedOverloadsForCFunctions = iconv iconvctl iconv_close
+
+---
+typedef void* __kotlin_iconv_t;
+size_t __attribute__((overloadable)) iconv(__kotlin_iconv_t, char **, size_t *, char **, size_t *) asm("_iconv");
+int __attribute__((overloadable)) iconvctl(__kotlin_iconv_t, int, void *) asm("_iconvctl");
+int __attribute__((overloadable)) iconv_close(__kotlin_iconv_t) asm("_iconv_close");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/native/utils/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DefFile.kt b/native/utils/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DefFile.kt
index 066cc875862..b11e101b722 100644
--- a/native/utils/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DefFile.kt
+++ b/native/utils/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DefFile.kt
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ class DefFile(val file:File?, val config:DefFileConfig, val manifestAddendProper
             properties.getSpaceSeparated("exportForwardDeclarations")
         }
 
+        val allowedOverloadsForCFunctions by lazy {
+            properties.getSpaceSeparated("allowedOverloadsForCFunctions")
+        }
+
         val disableDesignatedInitializerChecks by lazy {
             properties.getProperty("disableDesignatedInitializerChecks")?.toBoolean() ?: false
         }