diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/cconv/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/cconv/default.nix
index 872db0a44970..c47b6371d345 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/cconv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/cconv/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ libiconv ];
+  configureFlags = lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "LDFLAGS=-liconv";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Iconv based simplified-traditional chinese conversion tool";