2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 41e6a46f44..eeec7df204 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2351,6 +2351,7 @@ EOF
 		cc_check_no_clean $LDFLAGS $CXXFLAGS && _termconv=yes
 		cc_check $LDFLAGS $CXXFLAGS -liconv && LIBS="$LIBS -liconv" && _termconv=yes
 
+		add_to_config_mk_if_yes $_termconv 'USE_TERMCONV = 1'
 		add_to_config_h_if_yes $_termconv '#define USE_TERMCONV'
 		if test "$_termconv" = yes ; then
 			uses_const=no
diff --git a/ports.mk b/ports.mk
index 0feaacbea3..a7ad8febfe 100644
--- a/ports.mk
+++ b/ports.mk
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ifdef USE_ZLIB
 OSX_ZLIB ?= -lz
 endif
 
-ifdef USE_TRANSLATION
+ifdef USE_TERMCONV
 OSX_ICONV ?= -liconv
 endif