diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f9717f..fa8ba88 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ option(BUILD_SHARED_TIDY "Wheter you want to build tidy-html5 as a shared librar
 include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
 find_package(Boost 1.32.0 COMPONENTS program_options)
 find_package(XQilla 2.3.3 REQUIRED)
+find_package(Iconv REQUIRED)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
 	src/scraplang/xpath_runner.cpp
 	src/xpath.cpp
 	src/read_all.cpp
+	src/iconv_wrapper.cpp
 )
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} SYSTEM
diff --git a/src/html_pool.cpp b/src/html_pool.cpp
index a8031f7..8f24400 100644
--- a/src/html_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/html_pool.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 namespace duck {
 	HtmlPool::HtmlPool (std::string&& agent_name, std::string&& src_charset) :
 		m_agent(std::move(agent_name)),
-		m_src_charset(std::move(src_charset))
+		m_src_charset(std::move(src_charset)),
+		m_iconv(m_src_charset, "utf-8", IconvWrapper::ModeIgnore)
 	{
 	}
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ namespace duck {
 			);
 		}
 
-		*utf8_html = duck::clean_html(std::move(*utf8_html), (m_src_charset.empty() ? OptString() : OptString(m_src_charset)));
+		*utf8_html = duck::clean_html(m_iconv.conv_char(*utf8_html), "utf-8");
 		return utf8_html.release();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/html_pool.hpp b/src/html_pool.hpp
index ea95fd3..2b7acca 100644
--- a/src/html_pool.hpp
+++ b/src/html_pool.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define idCDCACC393BE24CBD94A3B5E2985984A3
 
 #include "scraplang/html_pool_base.hpp"
+#include "iconv_wrapper.hpp"
 
 namespace duck {
 	class HtmlPool : public ::duck::sl::HtmlPoolBase {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ namespace duck {
 
 		std::string m_agent;
 		std::string m_src_charset;
+		IconvWrapper m_iconv;
 
 	public:
 		HtmlPool(std::string&& agent_name, std::string&& src_charset);
diff --git a/src/iconv_wrapper.cpp b/src/iconv_wrapper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c149fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iconv_wrapper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*  Copyright (C) 2015 Michele Santullo
+ *
+ *  This file is part of DuckScraper.
+ *
+ *  DuckScraper 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 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  DuckScraper 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 DuckScraper.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "iconv_wrapper.hpp"
+#include <iconv.h>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace duck {
+	namespace {
+		class IconvDeleter {
+		public:
+			typedef iconv_t pointer;
+
+			void operator() (pointer& resource) {
+				if (resource and reinterpret_cast<iconv_t>(-1) != resource) {
+					iconv_close(resource);
+					resource = static_cast<iconv_t>(0);
+				}
+			}
+		};
+	} //unnamed namespace
+
+	typedef std::unique_ptr<iconv_t, IconvDeleter> UniqueIconv;
+
+	IconvBadSequence::IconvBadSequence (const std::string& message) :
+		std::domain_error(message)
+	{
+	}
+
+	IconvOpenFailure::IconvOpenFailure (const std::string& message) :
+		std::logic_error(message)
+	{
+	}
+
+	struct IconvWrapper::LocalData {
+		UniqueIconv context;
+	};
+
+	IconvWrapper::IconvWrapper(const std::string& from, std::string to, Mode mode) :
+		m_local(std::make_unique<LocalData>())
+	{
+		switch (mode) {
+		case ModeIgnore:
+			to += "//IGNORE";
+			break;
+		case ModeTransliterate:
+			to += "//TRANSLIT";
+			break;
+		case ModeDefault:
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+
+		m_local->context.reset(iconv_open(to.c_str(), from.c_str()));
+		if (reinterpret_cast<iconv_t>(-1) == m_local->context.get()) {
+			auto msg = std::string("Failed to create an iconv context for \"") +
+				from + "\" to \"" + to + "\" conversion (error code " +
+				std::to_string(errno);
+			if (EINVAL == errno)
+				msg += " EINVAL";
+			msg += ")";
+
+			throw IconvOpenFailure(msg);
+		}
+	}
+
+	IconvWrapper::~IconvWrapper() noexcept = default;
+
+	void IconvWrapper::conv (
+		const char* buff,
+		std::size_t len,
+		PtrGetterFunc get_ptr,
+		SizeGetterFunc get_size,
+		ReallocFunc realloc,
+		std::size_t grow_hint
+	) {
+		assert(buff);
+		assert(len);
+
+		const constexpr std::size_t def_inc = 16;
+		const constexpr std::size_t iconv_err = static_cast<std::size_t>(-1);
+
+		std::size_t nchars;
+		std::size_t inbytesleft = len;
+		char* inbuff = const_cast<char*>(buff);
+		std::ptrdiff_t out_offset = 0;
+		std::size_t grow_factor = grow_hint;
+		std::size_t outbytesleft;
+
+		do {
+			realloc(std::max(inbytesleft * grow_factor, def_inc) + get_size());
+			assert(get_size() > static_cast<std::size_t>(out_offset));
+			outbytesleft = get_size() - out_offset;
+			char* outbuff = get_ptr() + out_offset;
+
+			const auto old_inbytesleft = inbytesleft;
+			const auto old_outbytesleft = outbytesleft;
+
+			nchars = ::iconv(
+				m_local->context.get(),
+				&inbuff,
+				&inbytesleft,
+				&outbuff,
+				&outbytesleft
+			);
+			if (iconv_err == nchars) {
+				const auto pos_str = std::to_string(len - inbytesleft);
+				switch (errno) {
+				case EILSEQ:
+					throw IconvBadSequence("Invalid input multibyte sequence at byte " + pos_str);
+				case EINVAL:
+					throw IconvBadSequence("Incomplete input multibyte sequence at byte " + pos_str);
+				}
+			}
+
+			out_offset = std::distance(get_ptr(), outbuff);
+			assert(out_offset >= 0);
+
+			const auto in_diff = old_inbytesleft - inbytesleft;
+			const auto out_diff = old_outbytesleft - outbytesleft;
+			grow_factor = std::max<std::size_t>(1, out_diff / in_diff);
+		} while (iconv_err == nchars and E2BIG == errno);
+
+		assert(outbytesleft < get_size());
+		realloc(get_size() - outbytesleft);
+	}
+} //namespace duck
diff --git a/src/iconv_wrapper.hpp b/src/iconv_wrapper.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9680c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iconv_wrapper.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*  Copyright (C) 2015 Michele Santullo
+ *
+ *  This file is part of DuckScraper.
+ *
+ *  DuckScraper 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 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  DuckScraper 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 DuckScraper.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <functional>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace duck {
+	class IconvBadSequence : public std::domain_error {
+	public:
+		explicit IconvBadSequence(const std::string& message);
+	};
+	class IconvOpenFailure : public std::logic_error {
+	public:
+		explicit IconvOpenFailure(const std::string& message);
+	};
+
+	class IconvWrapper {
+		typedef std::function<char*()> PtrGetterFunc;
+		typedef std::function<void(std::size_t)> ReallocFunc;
+		typedef std::function<std::size_t()> SizeGetterFunc;
+	public:
+		enum Mode {
+			ModeTransliterate, ModeIgnore, ModeDefault
+		};
+
+		IconvWrapper (const std::string& from, std::string to, Mode mode=ModeDefault);
+		~IconvWrapper() noexcept;
+
+		template <typename CIn, typename COut>
+		std::basic_string<COut> conv (std::basic_string_view<CIn> text);
+
+		std::string conv_char (std::string_view text) {return conv<char, char>(text);}
+
+	private:
+		struct LocalData;
+
+		void conv (
+			const char* buff,
+			std::size_t len,
+			PtrGetterFunc get_ptr,
+			SizeGetterFunc get_size,
+			ReallocFunc realloc,
+			std::size_t grow_hint
+		);
+
+		std::unique_ptr<LocalData> m_local;
+	};
+
+	template <typename CIn, typename COut>
+	std::basic_string<COut> IconvWrapper::conv (std::basic_string_view<CIn> text) {
+		typedef std::basic_string<COut> string;
+
+		if (text.empty())
+			return {};
+
+		string retval;
+		this->conv(
+			reinterpret_cast<const char*>(text.data()),
+			text.size() * sizeof(CIn),
+			[&retval](){return reinterpret_cast<char*>(retval.data());},
+			[&retval]()->std::size_t {return retval.size() * sizeof(COut);},
+			[&retval](std::size_t sz){retval.resize((sz + sizeof(COut) - 1) / sizeof(COut));},
+			sizeof(COut) / sizeof(CIn)
+		);
+		return retval;
+	}
+} //namespace duck