diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cfb0333c..4f32caca 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # have all needed files, that a GNU package needs
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.4
 
-SUBDIRS = src doc
+SUBDIRS = src data doc
 docdir = $(prefix)/share/doc/$(PACKAGE)
 doc_DATA = AUTHORS NEWS COPYING
 EXTRA_DIST = $(doc_DATA)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1ae85859..2db06035 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ fi
 dnl ======================
 dnl = checking for iconv =
 dnl ======================
-AC_CHECK_FILE([/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED], AC_DEFINE([SUPPORTED_LOCALES], ["/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED"], [ ]),
-	AC_CHECK_FILE([/etc/locale.gen], AC_DEFINE([SUPPORTED_LOCALES], ["/etc/locale.gen"], [ ]),
-	AC_MSG_NOTICE(cannot find list of supported locales, iconv support will be disabled))
-)
+if test "$prefix" = "NONE"; then
+	encodings_file="${ac_default_prefix}"
+else
+	encodings_file="${prefix}"
+fi
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([ENCODINGS], ["${encodings_file}/share/ncmpcpp/encodings"], [defines path for encodings file])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([iconv.h], , AC_MSG_NOTICE(cannot find iconv.h header, iconv support will be disabled))
 
 dnl ========================
@@ -78,5 +80,5 @@ if test "$taglib" = "yes" ; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile data/Makefile doc/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fa334a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgdata_DATA = encodings
+EXTRA_DIST = $(pkgdata_DATA)
diff --git a/data/encodings b/data/encodings
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06192718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/encodings
@@ -0,0 +1,411 @@
+aa_DJ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+aa_DJ ISO-8859-1
+aa_ER UTF-8
+aa_ER@saaho UTF-8
+aa_ET UTF-8
+af_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+af_ZA ISO-8859-1
+am_ET UTF-8
+an_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
+an_ES ISO-8859-15
+ar_AE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_AE ISO-8859-6
+ar_BH.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_BH ISO-8859-6
+ar_DZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_DZ ISO-8859-6
+ar_EG.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_EG ISO-8859-6
+ar_IN UTF-8
+ar_IQ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_IQ ISO-8859-6
+ar_JO.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_JO ISO-8859-6
+ar_KW.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_KW ISO-8859-6
+ar_LB.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_LB ISO-8859-6
+ar_LY.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_LY ISO-8859-6
+ar_MA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_MA ISO-8859-6
+ar_OM.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_OM ISO-8859-6
+ar_QA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_QA ISO-8859-6
+ar_SA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_SA ISO-8859-6
+ar_SD.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_SD ISO-8859-6
+ar_SY.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_SY ISO-8859-6
+ar_TN.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_TN ISO-8859-6
+ar_YE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ar_YE ISO-8859-6
+az_AZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+as_IN.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ast_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ast_ES ISO-8859-15
+be_BY.UTF-8 UTF-8
+be_BY CP1251
+be_BY@latin UTF-8
+ber_DZ UTF-8
+ber_MA UTF-8
+bg_BG.UTF-8 UTF-8
+bg_BG CP1251
+bn_BD UTF-8
+bn_IN UTF-8
+bo_CN UTF-8
+bo_IN UTF-8
+br_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+br_FR ISO-8859-1
+br_FR@euro ISO-8859-15
+bs_BA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+bs_BA ISO-8859-2
+byn_ER UTF-8
+ca_AD.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ca_AD ISO-8859-15
+ca_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ca_ES ISO-8859-1
+ca_ES@euro ISO-8859-15
+ca_ES.UTF-8@valencia UTF-8
+ca_ES@valencia ISO-8859-15
+ca_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ca_FR ISO-8859-15
+ca_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ca_IT ISO-8859-15
+crh_UA UTF-8
+cs_CZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+cs_CZ ISO-8859-2
+csb_PL UTF-8
+cy_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
+cy_GB ISO-8859-14
+da_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8
+da_DK ISO-8859-1
+de_AT.UTF-8 UTF-8
+de_AT ISO-8859-1
+de_AT@euro ISO-8859-15
+de_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+de_BE ISO-8859-1
+de_BE@euro ISO-8859-15
+de_CH.UTF-8 UTF-8
+de_CH ISO-8859-1
+de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+de_DE ISO-8859-1
+de_DE@euro ISO-8859-15
+de_LU.UTF-8 UTF-8
+de_LU ISO-8859-1
+de_LU@euro ISO-8859-15
+dz_BT UTF-8
+el_GR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+el_GR ISO-8859-7
+el_CY.UTF-8 UTF-8
+el_CY ISO-8859-7
+en_AG UTF-8
+en_AU.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_AU ISO-8859-1
+en_BW.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_BW ISO-8859-1
+en_CA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_CA ISO-8859-1
+en_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_DK ISO-8859-1
+en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_GB ISO-8859-1
+en_HK.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_HK ISO-8859-1
+en_IE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_IE ISO-8859-1
+en_IE@euro ISO-8859-15
+en_IN UTF-8
+en_NG UTF-8
+en_NZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_NZ ISO-8859-1
+en_PH.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_PH ISO-8859-1
+en_SG.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_SG ISO-8859-1
+en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_US ISO-8859-1
+en_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_ZA ISO-8859-1
+en_ZW.UTF-8 UTF-8
+en_ZW ISO-8859-1
+es_AR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_AR ISO-8859-1
+es_BO.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_BO ISO-8859-1
+es_CL.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_CL ISO-8859-1
+es_CO.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_CO ISO-8859-1
+es_CR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_CR ISO-8859-1
+es_DO.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_DO ISO-8859-1
+es_EC.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_EC ISO-8859-1
+es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_ES ISO-8859-1
+es_ES@euro ISO-8859-15
+es_GT.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_GT ISO-8859-1
+es_HN.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_HN ISO-8859-1
+es_MX.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_MX ISO-8859-1
+es_NI.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_NI ISO-8859-1
+es_PA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_PA ISO-8859-1
+es_PE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_PE ISO-8859-1
+es_PR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_PR ISO-8859-1
+es_PY.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_PY ISO-8859-1
+es_SV.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_SV ISO-8859-1
+es_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_US ISO-8859-1
+es_UY.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_UY ISO-8859-1
+es_VE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+es_VE ISO-8859-1
+et_EE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+et_EE ISO-8859-1
+et_EE.ISO-8859-15 ISO-8859-15
+eu_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
+eu_ES ISO-8859-1
+eu_ES@euro ISO-8859-15
+fa_IR UTF-8
+fi_FI.UTF-8 UTF-8
+fi_FI ISO-8859-1
+fi_FI@euro ISO-8859-15
+fil_PH UTF-8
+fo_FO.UTF-8 UTF-8
+fo_FO ISO-8859-1
+fr_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+fr_BE ISO-8859-1
+fr_BE@euro ISO-8859-15
+fr_CA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+fr_CA ISO-8859-1
+fr_CH.UTF-8 UTF-8
+fr_CH ISO-8859-1
+fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+fr_FR ISO-8859-1
+fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15
+fr_LU.UTF-8 UTF-8
+fr_LU ISO-8859-1
+fr_LU@euro ISO-8859-15
+fur_IT UTF-8
+fy_NL UTF-8
+fy_DE UTF-8
+ga_IE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ga_IE ISO-8859-1
+ga_IE@euro ISO-8859-15
+gd_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
+gd_GB ISO-8859-15
+gez_ER UTF-8
+gez_ER@abegede UTF-8
+gez_ET UTF-8
+gez_ET@abegede UTF-8
+gl_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
+gl_ES ISO-8859-1
+gl_ES@euro ISO-8859-15
+gu_IN UTF-8
+gv_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
+gv_GB ISO-8859-1
+ha_NG UTF-8
+he_IL.UTF-8 UTF-8
+he_IL ISO-8859-8
+hi_IN UTF-8
+hr_HR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+hr_HR ISO-8859-2
+hsb_DE ISO-8859-2
+hsb_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ht_HT UTF-8
+hu_HU.UTF-8 UTF-8
+hu_HU ISO-8859-2
+hy_AM UTF-8
+hy_AM.ARMSCII-8 ARMSCII-8
+id_ID.UTF-8 UTF-8
+id_ID ISO-8859-1
+ig_NG UTF-8
+ik_CA UTF-8
+is_IS.UTF-8 UTF-8
+is_IS ISO-8859-1
+it_CH.UTF-8 UTF-8
+it_CH ISO-8859-1
+it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8
+it_IT ISO-8859-1
+it_IT@euro ISO-8859-15
+iu_CA UTF-8
+iw_IL.UTF-8 UTF-8
+iw_IL ISO-8859-8
+ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP
+ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ka_GE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ka_GE GEORGIAN-PS
+kk_KZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+kk_KZ PT154
+kl_GL.UTF-8 UTF-8
+kl_GL ISO-8859-1
+km_KH UTF-8
+kn_IN UTF-8
+ko_KR.EUC-KR EUC-KR
+ko_KR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ks_IN@devanagari UTF-8
+ku_TR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ku_TR ISO-8859-9
+kw_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
+kw_GB ISO-8859-1
+ky_KG UTF-8
+lg_UG.UTF-8 UTF-8
+lg_UG ISO-8859-10
+li_BE UTF-8
+li_NL UTF-8
+lo_LA UTF-8
+lt_LT.UTF-8 UTF-8
+lt_LT ISO-8859-13
+lv_LV.UTF-8 UTF-8
+lv_LV ISO-8859-13
+mai_IN UTF-8
+mg_MG.UTF-8 UTF-8
+mg_MG ISO-8859-15
+mi_NZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+mi_NZ ISO-8859-13
+mk_MK.UTF-8 UTF-8
+mk_MK ISO-8859-5
+ml_IN UTF-8
+mn_MN UTF-8
+mr_IN UTF-8
+ms_MY.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ms_MY ISO-8859-1
+mt_MT.UTF-8 UTF-8
+mt_MT ISO-8859-3
+nb_NO.UTF-8 UTF-8
+nb_NO ISO-8859-1
+nds_DE UTF-8
+nds_NL UTF-8
+ne_NP UTF-8
+nl_AW UTF-8
+nl_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+nl_BE ISO-8859-1
+nl_BE@euro ISO-8859-15
+nl_NL.UTF-8 UTF-8
+nl_NL ISO-8859-1
+nl_NL@euro ISO-8859-15
+nn_NO.UTF-8 UTF-8
+nn_NO ISO-8859-1
+nr_ZA UTF-8
+nso_ZA UTF-8
+oc_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+oc_FR ISO-8859-1
+om_ET UTF-8
+om_KE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+om_KE ISO-8859-1
+or_IN UTF-8
+pa_IN UTF-8
+pa_PK UTF-8
+pap_AN UTF-8
+pl_PL.UTF-8 UTF-8
+pl_PL ISO-8859-2
+pt_BR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+pt_BR ISO-8859-1
+pt_PT.UTF-8 UTF-8
+pt_PT ISO-8859-1
+pt_PT@euro ISO-8859-15
+ro_RO.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ro_RO ISO-8859-2
+ru_RU.KOI8-R KOI8-R
+ru_RU.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ru_RU ISO-8859-5
+ru_UA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ru_UA KOI8-U
+rw_RW UTF-8
+sa_IN UTF-8
+sc_IT UTF-8
+sd_IN UTF-8
+sd_IN@devanagari UTF-8
+se_NO UTF-8
+shs_CA UTF-8
+si_LK UTF-8
+sid_ET UTF-8
+sk_SK.UTF-8 UTF-8
+sk_SK ISO-8859-2
+sl_SI.UTF-8 UTF-8
+sl_SI ISO-8859-2
+so_DJ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+so_DJ ISO-8859-1
+so_ET UTF-8
+so_KE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+so_KE ISO-8859-1
+so_SO.UTF-8 UTF-8
+so_SO ISO-8859-1
+sq_AL.UTF-8 UTF-8
+sq_AL ISO-8859-1
+sr_ME UTF-8
+sr_RS UTF-8
+sr_RS@latin UTF-8
+ss_ZA UTF-8
+st_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+st_ZA ISO-8859-1
+sv_FI.UTF-8 UTF-8
+sv_FI ISO-8859-1
+sv_FI@euro ISO-8859-15
+sv_SE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+sv_SE ISO-8859-1
+ta_IN UTF-8
+te_IN UTF-8
+tg_TJ.UTF-8 UTF-8
+tg_TJ KOI8-T
+th_TH.UTF-8 UTF-8
+th_TH TIS-620
+ti_ER UTF-8
+ti_ET UTF-8
+tig_ER UTF-8
+tk_TM UTF-8
+tl_PH.UTF-8 UTF-8
+tl_PH ISO-8859-1
+tn_ZA UTF-8
+tr_CY.UTF-8 UTF-8
+tr_CY ISO-8859-9
+tr_TR.UTF-8 UTF-8
+tr_TR ISO-8859-9
+ts_ZA UTF-8
+tt_RU.UTF-8 UTF-8
+tt_RU@iqtelif.UTF-8 UTF-8
+ug_CN UTF-8
+uk_UA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+uk_UA KOI8-U
+ur_PK UTF-8
+uz_UZ ISO-8859-1
+uz_UZ@cyrillic UTF-8
+ve_ZA UTF-8
+vi_VN.TCVN TCVN5712-1
+vi_VN UTF-8
+wa_BE ISO-8859-1
+wa_BE@euro ISO-8859-15
+wa_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8
+wo_SN UTF-8
+xh_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+xh_ZA ISO-8859-1
+yi_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
+yi_US CP1255
+yo_NG UTF-8
+zh_CN.GB18030 GB18030
+zh_CN.GBK GBK
+zh_CN.UTF-8 UTF-8
+zh_CN GB2312
+zh_HK.UTF-8 UTF-8
+zh_HK BIG5-HKSCS
+zh_SG.UTF-8 UTF-8
+zh_SG.GBK GBK
+zh_SG GB2312
+zh_TW.EUC-TW EUC-TW
+zh_TW.UTF-8 UTF-8
+zh_TW BIG5
+zu_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
+zu_ZA ISO-8859-1
diff --git a/src/charset.cpp b/src/charset.cpp
index 614f5ea4..170a1f52 100644
--- a/src/charset.cpp
+++ b/src/charset.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "charset.h"
 
-#if defined(SUPPORTED_LOCALES) && defined(HAVE_ICONV_H)
+#ifdef HAVE_ICONV_H
 
 #include <iconv.h>
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ void init_current_locale()
 	std::string envlocale = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 	if (envlocale.empty() || envlocale == "C")
 		return;
-	std::ifstream f(SUPPORTED_LOCALES);
+	std::ifstream f(ENCODINGS);
 	if (!f.is_open())
 	{
-		std::cerr << "ncmpcpp: cannot open file "SUPPORTED_LOCALES"!\n";
+		std::cerr << "ncmpcpp: cannot open file "ENCODINGS"!\n";
 		return;
 	}
 	envlocale += " ";
@@ -180,5 +180,5 @@ void str_pool_locale_to_utf(char *&s)
 	charset_convert(locale_charset, "utf8", s);
 }
 
-#endif // SUPPORTED_LOCALES && HAVE_ICONV_H
+#endif // HAVE_ICONV_H
 
diff --git a/src/charset.h b/src/charset.h
index 8d093d70..d5cf3652 100644
--- a/src/charset.h
+++ b/src/charset.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(SUPPORTED_LOCALES) && defined(HAVE_ICONV_H)
+#ifdef HAVE_ICONV_H
 
 #include <string>
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void str_pool_locale_to_utf(char *&);
 #define str_pool_utf_to_locale(x);
 #define str_pool_locale_to_utf(x);
 
-#endif // SUPPORTED_LOCALES && HAVE_ICONV_H
+#endif // HAVE_ICONV_H
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/song.cpp b/src/song.cpp
index 26d21e18..1fff549a 100644
--- a/src/song.cpp
+++ b/src/song.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ string Song::GetLength() const
 
 void Song::Localize()
 {
-#	if defined(SUPPORTED_LOCALES) && defined(HAVE_ICONV_H)
+#	ifdef HAVE_ICONV_H
 	if (isLocalised)
 		return;
 	str_pool_utf_to_locale(itsSong->file);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void Song::Localize()
 	str_pool_utf_to_locale(itsSong->disc);
 	str_pool_utf_to_locale(itsSong->comment);
 	isLocalised = 1;
-#	endif // SUPPORTED_LOCALES && HAVE_ICONV_H
+#	endif // HAVE_ICONV_H
 }
 
 void Song::Clear()