--- ./configure.in.orig
+++ ./configure.in
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     done
    ])
 AM_ICONV
-libfuse_libs=$libfuse_libs $LTLIBICONV
+libfuse_libs="$libfuse_libs $LTLIBICONV"
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ICONV, test "$am_cv_func_iconv" = yes)
 AC_SUBST(libfuse_libs)