diff --git a/source3/Makefile.in b/source3/Makefile.in
index 96f559ee457..fbe5b6afab2 100644
--- a/source3/Makefile.in
+++ b/source3/Makefile.in
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ NSSTEST_OBJ = torture/nsstest.o $(PARAM_OBJ) $(LIBSMB_OBJ) $(KRBCLIENT_OBJ) \
 
 VFSTEST_OBJ = torture/cmd_vfs.o torture/vfstest.o $(SMBD_OBJ_BASE) $(READLINE_OBJ)
 
+SMBICONV_OBJ = $(PARAM_OBJ) torture/smbiconv.o $(LIB_OBJ) $(UBIQX_OBJ) $(POPT_LIB_OBJ)
+
 LOCKTEST2_OBJ = torture/locktest2.o $(PARAM_OBJ) $(LOCKING_OBJ) $(LIBSMB_OBJ) \
 		$(KRBCLIENT_OBJ) $(UBIQX_OBJ) $(LIB_OBJ)
 
@@ -856,6 +858,10 @@ bin/vfstest@EXEEXT@: $(VFSTEST_OBJ) @BUILD_POPT@ bin/.dummy
 	@echo Linking $@
 	@$(CC) $(FLAGS) -o $@ $(VFSTEST_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) $(TERMLDFLAGS) $(TERMLIBS) $(DYNEXP) $(PRINTLIBS) $(AUTHLIBS) $(ACLLIBS) $(LIBS) @POPTLIBS@ $(ADSLIBS)
 
+bin/smbiconv@EXEEXT@: $(SMBICONV_OBJ) @BUILD_POPT@ bin/.dummy
+	@echo Linking $@
+	@$(CC) $(FLAGS) -o $@ $(SMBICONV_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) $(TERMLDFLAGS) $(TERMLIBS) $(DYNEXP) $(LIBS) @POPTLIBS@
+
 bin/locktest2@EXEEXT@: $(LOCKTEST2_OBJ) bin/.dummy
 	@echo Linking $@
 	@$(CC) $(FLAGS) -o $@ $(LOCKTEST2_OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(KRB5LIBS)
diff --git a/source3/torture/smbiconv.c b/source3/torture/smbiconv.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce21a09025e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source3/torture/smbiconv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+/* 
+   Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+   Charset module tester
+
+   Copyright (C) Jelmer Vernooij 2003
+   Based on iconv/icon_prog.c from the GNU C Library, 
+      Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1998.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+   
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+   
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+*/
+
+#include "includes.h"
+
+static int
+process_block (smb_iconv_t cd, char *addr, size_t len, FILE *output)
+{
+#define OUTBUF_SIZE	32768
+  const char *start = addr;
+  char outbuf[OUTBUF_SIZE];
+  char *outptr;
+  size_t outlen;
+  size_t n;
+
+  while (len > 0)
+    {
+      outptr = outbuf;
+      outlen = OUTBUF_SIZE;
+      n = smb_iconv (cd, &addr, &len, &outptr, &outlen);
+
+      if (outptr != outbuf)
+	{
+	  /* We have something to write out.  */
+	  int errno_save = errno;
+
+	  if (fwrite (outbuf, 1, outptr - outbuf, output)
+	      < (size_t) (outptr - outbuf)
+	      || ferror (output))
+	    {
+	      /* Error occurred while printing the result.  */
+	      DEBUG (0, ("conversion stopped due to problem in writing the output"));
+	      return -1;
+	    }
+
+	  errno = errno_save;
+	}
+
+      if (errno != E2BIG)
+	{
+	  /* iconv() ran into a problem.  */
+	  switch (errno)
+	    {
+	    case EILSEQ:
+	      DEBUG(0,("illegal input sequence at position %ld", 
+		     (long) (addr - start)));
+	      break;
+	    case EINVAL:
+	      DEBUG(0, ("\
+incomplete character or shift sequence at end of buffer"));
+	      break;
+	    case EBADF:
+	      DEBUG(0, ("internal error (illegal descriptor)"));
+	      break;
+	    default:
+	      DEBUG(0, ("unknown iconv() error %d", errno));
+	      break;
+	    }
+
+	  return -1;
+	}
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int
+process_fd (iconv_t cd, int fd, FILE *output)
+{
+  /* we have a problem with reading from a descriptor since we must not
+     provide the iconv() function an incomplete character or shift
+     sequence at the end of the buffer.  Since we have to deal with
+     arbitrary encodings we must read the whole text in a buffer and
+     process it in one step.  */
+  static char *inbuf = NULL;
+  static size_t maxlen = 0;
+  char *inptr = NULL;
+  size_t actlen = 0;
+
+  while (actlen < maxlen)
+    {
+      ssize_t n = read (fd, inptr, maxlen - actlen);
+
+      if (n == 0)
+	/* No more text to read.  */
+	break;
+
+      if (n == -1)
+	{
+	  /* Error while reading.  */
+	  DEBUG(0, ("error while reading the input"));
+	  return -1;
+	}
+
+      inptr += n;
+      actlen += n;
+    }
+
+  if (actlen == maxlen)
+    while (1)
+      {
+	ssize_t n;
+	char *new_inbuf;
+
+	/* Increase the buffer.  */
+	new_inbuf = (char *) realloc (inbuf, maxlen + 32768);
+	if (new_inbuf == NULL)
+	  {
+	    DEBUG(0, ("unable to allocate buffer for input"));
+	    return -1;
+	  }
+	inbuf = new_inbuf;
+	maxlen += 32768;
+	inptr = inbuf + actlen;
+
+	do
+	  {
+	    n = read (fd, inptr, maxlen - actlen);
+
+	    if (n == 0)
+	      /* No more text to read.  */
+	      break;
+
+	    if (n == -1)
+	      {
+		/* Error while reading.  */
+		DEBUG(0, ("error while reading the input"));
+		return -1;
+	      }
+
+	    inptr += n;
+	    actlen += n;
+	  }
+	while (actlen < maxlen);
+
+	if (n == 0)
+	  /* Break again so we leave both loops.  */
+	  break;
+      }
+
+  /* Now we have all the input in the buffer.  Process it in one run.  */
+  return process_block (cd, inbuf, actlen, output);
+}
+
+/* Main function */
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	const char *file = NULL;
+	char *from = "";
+	char *to = "";
+	char *output = NULL;
+	char *preload = NULL;
+	FILE *out = stdout;
+	int fd;
+	smb_iconv_t cd;
+
+	/* make sure the vars that get altered (4th field) are in
+	   a fixed location or certain compilers complain */
+	poptContext pc;
+	struct poptOption long_options[] = {
+		POPT_AUTOHELP
+		{ "from-code", 'f', POPT_ARG_STRING, &from, 0, "Encoding of original text" },
+		{ "to-code", 't', POPT_ARG_STRING, &to, 0, "Encoding for output" },
+		{ "output", 'o', POPT_ARG_STRING, &output, 0, "Write output to this file" },
+		{ "preload-modules", 'p', POPT_ARG_STRING, &preload, 0, "Modules to load" },
+		POPT_COMMON_SAMBA
+		POPT_TABLEEND
+	};
+
+	setlinebuf(stdout);
+
+	pc = poptGetContext("smbiconv", argc, (const char **) argv,
+			    long_options, 0);
+
+	poptSetOtherOptionHelp(pc, "[FILE] ...");
+	
+	while(poptGetNextOpt(pc) != -1);
+
+	if(preload)smb_load_modules(str_list_make(preload, NULL));
+
+	if(output) {
+		output = fopen(output, "w");
+
+		if(!output) {
+			DEBUG(0, ("Can't open output file '%s': %s, exiting...\n", output, strerror(errno)));
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* the following functions are part of the Samba debugging
+	   facilities.  See lib/debug.c */
+	setup_logging("smbiconv", True);
+
+	cd = smb_iconv_open(to, from);
+	if((int)cd == -1) {
+		DEBUG(0,("unable to find from or to encoding, exiting...\n"));
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	while((file = poptGetArg(pc))) {
+		if(strcmp(file, "-") == 0) fd = 0;
+		else {
+			fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
+			
+			if(!fd) {
+				DEBUG(0, ("Can't open input file '%s': %s, ignoring...\n", file, strerror(errno)));
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Loop thru all arguments */
+		process_fd(cd, fd, stdout);
+
+		close(fd);
+	}
+	poptFreeContext(pc);
+
+	fclose(out);
+
+	return 0;
+}