diff --git a/cmd/zdb/Makefile.am b/cmd/zdb/Makefile.am
index 31cf855ef2..e58a2a1f43 100644
--- a/cmd/zdb/Makefile.am
+++ b/cmd/zdb/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ DEFAULT_INCLUDES += \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/zfs/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/zcommon/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/nvpair/include \
-	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include \
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/include
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = zdb
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ zdb_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libspl/libspl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libavl/libavl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libnvpair/libnvpair.la \
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libunicode/libunicode.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libuutil/libuutil.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzpool/libzpool.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzfs/libzfs.la
diff --git a/cmd/zfs/Makefile.am b/cmd/zfs/Makefile.am
index 49f5cf1515..8b2dfd6be6 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/cmd/zfs/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ DEFAULT_INCLUDES += \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/lib/libnvpair/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/zcommon/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/nvpair/include \
-	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include \
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/include
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = zfs
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ zfs_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libspl/libspl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libavl/libavl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libnvpair/libnvpair.la \
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libunicode/libunicode.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libuutil/libuutil.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzpool/libzpool.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzfs/libzfs.la
diff --git a/cmd/zinject/Makefile.am b/cmd/zinject/Makefile.am
index d595af82cf..861d5933ad 100644
--- a/cmd/zinject/Makefile.am
+++ b/cmd/zinject/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ DEFAULT_INCLUDES += \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/zfs/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/zcommon/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/nvpair/include \
-	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include \
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/include
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = zinject
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ zinject_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libspl/libspl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libavl/libavl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libnvpair/libnvpair.la \
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libunicode/libunicode.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libuutil/libuutil.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzpool/libzpool.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzfs/libzfs.la
diff --git a/cmd/zpool/Makefile.am b/cmd/zpool/Makefile.am
index 5763320e15..e7fdbd09d8 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/Makefile.am
+++ b/cmd/zpool/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ DEFAULT_INCLUDES += \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/lib/libnvpair/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/zcommon/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/nvpair/include \
-	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include \
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/include
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = zpool
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ zpool_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libspl/libspl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libavl/libavl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libnvpair/libnvpair.la \
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libunicode/libunicode.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libuutil/libuutil.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzpool/libzpool.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzfs/libzfs.la
diff --git a/cmd/ztest/Makefile.am b/cmd/ztest/Makefile.am
index f4094347c6..c1dae8f592 100644
--- a/cmd/ztest/Makefile.am
+++ b/cmd/ztest/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ DEFAULT_INCLUDES += \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/zfs/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/zcommon/include \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/module/nvpair/include \
-	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/avl/include \
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/include
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = ztest
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ ztest_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libspl/libspl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libavl/libavl.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libnvpair/libnvpair.la \
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libunicode/libunicode.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libuutil/libuutil.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzpool/libzpool.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/lib/libzfs/libzfs.la
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 3a759bce54..46382dc189 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SUBDIRS = libavl libnvpair libuutil libzfs libzpool
+SUBDIRS = libavl libnvpair libunicode libuutil libzfs libzpool
diff --git a/lib/libunicode/Makefile.am b/lib/libunicode/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe1f39219f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libunicode/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/config/Rules.am
+
+DEFAULT_INCLUDES += \
+	-I${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/include \
+	-I${top_srcdir}/lib/libspl/include
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libunicode.la
+
+libunicode_la_SOURCES = \
+	${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/u8_textprep.c \
+	${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/uconv.c \
+	${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/include/sys/u8_textprep.h \
+	${top_srcdir}/module/unicode/include/sys/u8_textprep_data.h
diff --git a/module/Makefile.in b/module/Makefile.in
index 031d97adfc..d470487a9a 100644
--- a/module/Makefile.in
+++ b/module/Makefile.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-subdir-m = avl nvpair zcommon zfs
+subdir-m = avl nvpair unicode zcommon zfs
 
 # Make the exported SPL symbols available to these modules.
 # Unfortunately there is not a cleaner way to do this, modpost
diff --git a/module/unicode/Makefile.in b/module/unicode/Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa2120d604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/unicode/Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+subdir-m += include
+DISTFILES = u8_textprep.c uconv.c
+
+MODULE := zunicode
+
+EXTRA_CFLAGS  = @KERNELCPPFLAGS@
+EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/unicode/include
+
+obj-m := ${MODULE}.o
+
+${MODULE}-objs += u8_textprep.o
+${MODULE}-objs += uconv.o
diff --git a/module/unicode/include/Makefile.in b/module/unicode/include/Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6611e4143d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/unicode/include/Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+subdir-m += sys
diff --git a/module/unicode/include/sys/Makefile.in b/module/unicode/include/sys/Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb0057c0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/unicode/include/sys/Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DISTFILES = u8_textprep.h u8_textprep_data.h
diff --git a/module/zcommon/Makefile.in b/module/zcommon/Makefile.in
index 4e84b335ee..010e77a855 100644
--- a/module/zcommon/Makefile.in
+++ b/module/zcommon/Makefile.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ MODULE := zcommon
 EXTRA_CFLAGS  = @KERNELCPPFLAGS@
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/avl/include
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/nvpair/include
+EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/unicode/include
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/zcommon/include
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/zfs/include
 
diff --git a/module/zfs/Makefile.in b/module/zfs/Makefile.in
index 558cfac22b..bd72636ccf 100644
--- a/module/zfs/Makefile.in
+++ b/module/zfs/Makefile.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/zfs/include
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/zcommon/include
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/avl/include
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/nvpair/include
+EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I@MODDIR@/unicode/include
 
 obj-m := ${MODULE}.o