diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lm_sensors/build b/packages/sysutils/lm_sensors/build
index f8ddd7c931..2f45d539da 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/lm_sensors/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/lm_sensors/build
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+if [ "$ICONV" = "libiconv" ]; then
+  CONFIG_SENSORS="LIBICONV=-liconv"
+fi
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
   make PREFIX=/usr \
        CC="$TARGET_CC" \
        AR="$TARGET_AR" \
        CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS" \
        CPPFLAGS="$TARGET_CPPFLAGS" \
-       LIBICONV="-liconv" \
+       $CONFIG_SENSORS \
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lm_sensors/meta b/packages/sysutils/lm_sensors/meta
index 0e4a805087..364b266a7b 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/lm_sensors/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/lm_sensors/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/"
 PKG_URL="http://dl.lm-sensors.org/lm-sensors/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="libiconv"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libiconv"
+PKG_DEPENDS="$ICONV"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain $ICONV"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="lm_sensors: Hardware monitoring via the SMBus"