--- ./configure.ac.orig
+++ ./configure.ac
@@ -1059,6 +1059,9 @@
    AC_DEFINE([NO_MULTIMON], 1, [Define to 1 if building without multimon support.])
 fi
 
+AM_ICONV
+LIBVMTOOLS_LIBADD="$LIBVMTOOLS_LIBADD $LIBICONV"
+
 if test "$os$userSpaceBitness" = "linux64" || test "$HAVE_SYS_SETUID" = "yes"; then
    LIB_MISC_CPPFLAGS="$LIB_MISC_CPPFLAGS -DGLIBC_VERSION_21"
 fi