--- jwhois-4.0/src/Makefile.am
+++ jwhois-4.0.mod/src/Makefile.am
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 	getopt.c getopt1.c jconfig.c string.c cache.c rwhois.c jwhois.c \
 	whois.c http.c
 
+LIBS += @LIBICONV@
 jwhois_LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBICONV@ @LIBS@ 
 
 jwhois_CFLAGS = $(OLDCFLAGS) -DSYSCONFDIR="\"$(sysconfdir)\"" \