diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index e5bcc7ba3c59..6a5e16185601 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -428,10 +428,9 @@ in {
         }
         {
           name = "iconv";
-          configureFlags = [
-            "--with-iconv${lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "=${libiconv}"}"
-          ];
-          doCheck = false;
+          buildInputs = [ libiconv ];
+          configureFlags = [ "--with-iconv" ];
+          doCheck = stdenv.isLinux;
         }
         {
           name = "imap";