diff --git a/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/build b/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/build
index c942bb2ddd..3e52301e7f 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/build
+++ b/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/build
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -liconv"
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --prefix=/usr \
             --arch=$TARGET_ARCH \
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta b/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta
index 8b76a3f329..fa17261fc2 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.lonelycoder.com/hts/tvheadend_overview.html"
 PKG_URL="http://www.lonelycoder.com/debian/dists/hts/main/source/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="avahi"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain avahi"
+PKG_DEPENDS="libiconv avahi"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libiconv avahi"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="hts-tvheadend: a TV streaming server for Linux supporting DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video (V4L) as input sources."