diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d031e00..8baf367 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	* src/libmdb/file.c: Fix segfault on file-not-found
+
 Tue Mar 22 21:51:06 CST 2005	Jeff Smith <whydoubt@yahoo.com>
 	* src/libmdb/data.c: Fix a bug in mdb_find_row
 
diff --git a/src/libmdb/file.c b/src/libmdb/file.c
index 4d06bb4..fe18355 100644
--- a/src/libmdb/file.c
+++ b/src/libmdb/file.c
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ MdbHandle *mdb_open(const char *filename, MdbFileFlags flags)
 
 	mdb = (MdbHandle *) g_malloc0(sizeof(MdbHandle));
 	mdb_set_default_backend(mdb, "access");
+#ifdef HAVE_ICONV
+	mdb->iconv_in = (iconv_t)-1;
+	mdb->iconv_out = (iconv_t)-1;
+#endif
 	/* need something to bootstrap with, reassign after page 0 is read */
 	mdb->fmt = &MdbJet3Constants;
 	mdb->f = (MdbFile *) g_malloc0(sizeof(MdbFile));