diff --git a/package/dvb-apps/dvb-apps.mk b/package/dvb-apps/dvb-apps.mk
index ffab0db682..161c1f8495 100644
--- a/package/dvb-apps/dvb-apps.mk
+++ b/package/dvb-apps/dvb-apps.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DVB_APPS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0, GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
 DVB_APPS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LGPL
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),)
-DVB_APPS_DEPENDENCIES = libiconv
+DVB_APPS_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
 DVB_APPS_LDLIBS += -liconv
 endif