diff --git a/modules/core/www/frontpage_config.php b/modules/core/www/frontpage_config.php
index 343b06282a208137ffdcacc9bd44745d94d94646..ec904981f90b83ede7e66f5501e3a64e379fc6bf 100644
--- a/modules/core/www/frontpage_config.php
+++ b/modules/core/www/frontpage_config.php
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ $functionchecks = array(
 	'preg_match'       => array('required',  'RegEx support'),
 	'json_decode'      => array('required', 'JSON support'),
 	'class_implements' => array('required', 'Standard PHP Library (SPL)'),
+	'mb_strlen'        => array('required', 'Multibyte String Extension'),
 	'curl_init'        => array('optional', 'cURL (required if automatic version checks are used, also by some modules.'),
 	'mcrypt_module_open'=> array('optional',  'MCrypt (required if digital signatures or encryption are used)'),
 	'session_start'  => array('optional', 'Session Extension (required if PHP sessions are used)'),