diff --git a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
index c582c0704e..4d0a16d51d 100644
--- a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
+++ b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI),y)
 TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += avahi
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),y)
+TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
+endif
+
 TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += dtv-scan-tables
 
 define TVHEADEND_CONFIGURE_CMDS