diff --git a/libticonv/trunk/configure.ac b/libticonv/trunk/configure.ac
index 7cd765efa..fe7e71ce6 100644
--- a/libticonv/trunk/configure.ac
+++ b/libticonv/trunk/configure.ac
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ case "$host" in
 esac
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ARCH"
 
+build_mac=''
+case "${host_os}" in
+    darwin*)
+        build_mac='yes'
+        ;;
+esac
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL(OS_MAC, test "$build_mac")
+
 # Ensure MSVC-compatible struct packing convention is used when
 # compiling for Win32 with gcc.
 # What flag to depends on gcc version: gcc3 uses "-mms-bitfields", while
diff --git a/libticonv/trunk/src/Makefile.am b/libticonv/trunk/src/Makefile.am
index 694142b43..bb327c58a 100644
--- a/libticonv/trunk/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/libticonv/trunk/src/Makefile.am
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ if OS_WIN32
   libticonv_la_LDFLAGS += -Wl,../build/mingw/ticonv-rc.o -Wl,--output-def,libticonv.def
   EXTRA_DIST = libticonv.def
 endif
+
+if OS_MAC
+  libticonv_la_LIBADD += -liconv
+endif
diff --git a/libticonv/trunk/src/iconv.c b/libticonv/trunk/src/iconv.c
index ddb3462a9..82618855b 100644
--- a/libticonv/trunk/src/iconv.c
+++ b/libticonv/trunk/src/iconv.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#if defined(__MACOSX__)
+#  define LIBICONV_PLUG
+#endif
 #include <iconv.h>
 #include <errno.h>