diff --git a/package/wget/wget.mk b/package/wget/wget.mk
index 7b9c3e75d9..ed3f1fdff9 100644
--- a/package/wget/wget.mk
+++ b/package/wget/wget.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ else
 WGET_CONF_OPTS += --without-ssl
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),y)
+WGET_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBIDN2),y)
 WGET_CONF_OPTS += --with-libidn
 WGET_DEPENDENCIES += libidn2