diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5e182315e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'gettext'
+version = '0.22.5'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/'
+description = """GNU 'gettext' is an important step for the GNU Translation Project, as it is an asset on which we may
+build many other steps. This package offers to programmers, translators, and even users, a well integrated set of tools
+and documentation"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.3.0'}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['ec1705b1e969b83a9f073144ec806151db88127f5e40fe5a94cb6c8fa48996a0']
+
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.42')]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('libxml2', '2.12.7'),
+    ('ncurses', '6.5'),
+    ('libiconv', '1.17'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--without-emacs --with-libxml2-prefix=$EBROOTLIBXML2'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/gettext', 'lib/libasprintf.a', 'lib/libasprintf.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libgettextpo.a', 'lib/libgettextpo.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "gettext --help",
+    "msginit --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22.5.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22.5.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c596a9eb895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22.5.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'gettext'
+version = '0.22.5'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/'
+description = """GNU 'gettext' is an important step for the GNU Translation Project, as it is an asset on which we may
+build many other steps. This package offers to programmers, translators, and even users, a well integrated set of tools
+and documentation"""
+
+# This is a basic stripped down version of gettext without any
+# dependencies on other packages used as initial builddep for XZ
+# It is the first step in the cyclic dependency chain of
+# XZ -> libxml2 -> gettext -> XZ
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['ec1705b1e969b83a9f073144ec806151db88127f5e40fe5a94cb6c8fa48996a0']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('ncurses', '6.5'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--without-emacs --with-included-libxml --without-xz --without-bzip2'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/gettext', 'lib/libasprintf.a', 'lib/libasprintf.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libgettextpo.a', 'lib/libgettextpo.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "gettext --help",
+    "msginit --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libiconv/libiconv-1.17-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libiconv/libiconv-1.17-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0532a96c2340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libiconv/libiconv-1.17-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libiconv'
+version = '1.17'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv'
+description = "Libiconv converts from one character encoding to another through Unicode conversion"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.3.0'}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['8f74213b56238c85a50a5329f77e06198771e70dd9a739779f4c02f65d971313']
+
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.42')]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/iconv', 'include/iconv.h', 'include/libcharset.h', 'include/localcharset.h',
+              'lib/libcharset.a', 'lib/libcharset.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libiconv.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['share'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.12.7-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.12.7-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8a21aceaa9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.12.7-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name = 'libxml2'
+version = '2.12.7'
+
+homepage = 'http://xmlsoft.org/'
+
+description = """
+ Libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolchain developed for the Gnome project
+ (but usable outside of the Gnome platform).
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.3.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_XZ]
+checksums = ['24ae78ff1363a973e6d8beba941a7945da2ac056e19b53956aeb6927fd6cfb56']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.42'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('XZ', '5.4.5'),
+    ('zlib', '1.3.1'),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/ncurses/ncurses-6.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/ncurses/ncurses-6.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c34643c0b374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/ncurses/ncurses-6.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'ncurses'
+version = '6.5'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/'
+description = """
+ The Ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in
+ System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses Terminfo format, supports pads and
+ color and multiple highlights and forms characters and function-key mapping,
+ and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD Curses.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.3.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['136d91bc269a9a5785e5f9e980bc76ab57428f604ce3e5a5a90cebc767971cc6']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.42'),
+    ('pkgconf', '2.2.0'),
+]
+
+local_common_configopts = "--with-shared --enable-overwrite --without-ada --enable-symlinks --with-versioned-syms "
+local_common_configopts += "--enable-pc-files --with-pkg-config-libdir=%(installdir)s/lib/pkgconfig "
+configopts = [
+    # build ncurses: serial build in default paths with shared libraries
+    local_common_configopts + "--disable-widec",
+    # build ncursesw: serial with UTF-8
+    local_common_configopts + "--enable-ext-colors --enable-widec --includedir=%(installdir)s/include/ncursesw/",
+]
+
+# Symlink libtinfo to libncurses
+# libncurses with this configopts has all the symbols from libtinfo, but some packages look for libtinfo specifically
+postinstallcmds = ['cd %(installdir)s/lib && for l in libncurses{.,_,w}*; do ln -s "${l}" "${l/ncurses/tinfo}"; done']
+
+_target_suffix = ['', 'w']  # '': ncurses, 'w': ncursesw
+_lib_suffix = ['%s%s' % (x, y) for x in _target_suffix for y in ['.a', '_g.a', '.' + SHLIB_EXT]]
+_lib_names = ['form', 'menu', 'ncurses', 'panel', 'tinfo']
+_pc_names = ['form', 'menu', 'ncurses++', 'ncurses', 'panel']
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/%s' % x for x in ["captoinfo", "clear", "infocmp", "infotocap", "ncurses%(version_major)s-config",
+                                     "reset", "tabs", "tic", "toe", "tput", "tset"]] +
+             ['lib/lib%s%s' % (x, y) for x in _lib_names for y in _lib_suffix] +
+             ['lib/libncurses++%s.a' % x for x in _target_suffix] +
+             ['lib/pkgconfig/%s%s.pc' % (x, y) for x in _pc_names for y in _target_suffix],
+    'dirs': ['include', 'include/ncursesw'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/ncurses/ncurses-6.5.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/ncurses/ncurses-6.5.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3ff51a30fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/ncurses/ncurses-6.5.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'ncurses'
+version = '6.5'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/'
+description = """
+ The Ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in
+ System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses Terminfo format, supports pads and
+ color and multiple highlights and forms characters and function-key mapping,
+ and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD Curses.
+"""
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['136d91bc269a9a5785e5f9e980bc76ab57428f604ce3e5a5a90cebc767971cc6']
+
+local_common_configopts = "--with-shared --enable-overwrite --without-ada --enable-symlinks --with-versioned-syms "
+configopts = [
+    # build ncurses: serial build in default paths with shared libraries
+    local_common_configopts + "--disable-widec",
+    # build ncursesw: serial with UTF-8
+    local_common_configopts + "--enable-ext-colors --enable-widec --includedir=%(installdir)s/include/ncursesw/",
+]
+
+# need to take care of $CFLAGS ourselves with SYSTEM toolchain
+# we need to add -fPIC, but should also include -O* option to avoid compiling with -O0 (default for GCC)
+buildopts = 'CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"'
+
+# Symlink libtinfo to libncurses
+# libncurses with this configopts has all the symbols from libtinfo, but some packages look for libtinfo specifically
+postinstallcmds = ['cd %(installdir)s/lib && for l in libncurses{.,_,w}*; do ln -s "${l}" "${l/ncurses/tinfo}"; done']
+
+_target_suffix = ['', 'w']  # '': ncurses, 'w': ncursesw
+_lib_suffix = ['%s%s' % (x, y) for x in _target_suffix for y in ['.a', '_g.a', '.' + SHLIB_EXT]]
+_lib_names = ['form', 'menu', 'ncurses', 'panel', 'tinfo']
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/%s' % x for x in ["captoinfo", "clear", "infocmp", "infotocap", "ncurses%(version_major)s-config",
+                                     "reset", "tabs", "tic", "toe", "tput", "tset"]] +
+             ['lib/lib%s%s' % (x, y) for x in _lib_names for y in _lib_suffix] +
+             ['lib/libncurses++%s.a' % x for x in _target_suffix],
+    'dirs': ['include', 'include/ncursesw'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/x/XZ/XZ-5.4.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/x/XZ/XZ-5.4.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e11c10a1796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/x/XZ/XZ-5.4.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'XZ'
+version = '5.4.5'
+
+homepage = 'https://tukaani.org/xz/'
+description = "xz: XZ utilities"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.3.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://tukaani.org/xz/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
+checksums = ['8ccf5fff868c006f29522e386fb4c6a1b66463fbca65a4cfc3c4bd596e895e79']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    # use gettext built with system toolchain as build dep to avoid cyclic dependency (XZ -> gettext -> libxml2 -> XZ)
+    ('gettext', '0.22.5', '', SYSTEM),
+    ('binutils', '2.42'),
+]
+
+# may become useful in non-x86 archs
+# configopts = ' --disable-assembler '
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/lzmainfo', 'bin/unxz', 'bin/xz'],
+    'dirs': []
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "xz --help",
+    "unxz --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'