diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-live/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-live/package.mk
index 8cf7c8d9f3..ee6a936728 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-live/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-live/package.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 pre_configure_target() {
   export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
   export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
-  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
+  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/iconv"
 }
 
 pre_make_target() {
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-xmltv2vdr/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-xmltv2vdr/package.mk
index c2c11d01b9..eae3457e41 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-xmltv2vdr/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-xmltv2vdr/package.mk
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pre_configure_target() {
   export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
   export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
   export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
+  export LIBS="-L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/iconv"
 }
 
 make_target() {
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr/package.mk
index e2d3107e5f..b04dbf0bf9 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr/package.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ post_unpack() {
 }
 
 pre_configure_target() {
-  export LDFLAGS=$(echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||")
+  export LDFLAGS="$(echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||") -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/iconv"
 }
 
 pre_make_target() {