diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/build b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/build
index 31b795919e..f1c7eaba3f 100755
--- a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/build
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/build
@@ -36,11 +36,16 @@ PLUGINLIBDIR = /usr/lib/vdr
 VIDEODIR = /storage/videos
 CONFDIR = /storage/.config/vdr
 LOCDIR = /usr/share/locale
-LIBS += -liconv
 
 NO_KBD=yes
 VDR_USER=root
 EOF
 
+if [ "$ICONV" = "libiconv" ]; then
+cat >> Make.config <<EOF
+LIBS += -liconv
+EOF
+fi
+
 make
 make include-dir