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() {