diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 64c8345f64a49f5e6ed3a751035e8d0c4f465d19..67c1ae0ed8dfea875408681b62917824ebf08483 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [iconv],
 [NEEDS_LIBICONV=],
 [NEEDS_LIBICONV=YesPlease])
 AC_SUBST(NEEDS_LIBICONV)
-test -n "$NEEDS_SOCKET" && LIBS="$LIBS -liconv"
+test -n "$NEEDS_LIBICONV" && LIBS="$LIBS -liconv"
 #
 # Define NEEDS_SOCKET if linking with libc is not enough (SunOS,
 # Patrick Mauritz).