diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix
index 3cf0e799cb7e..036f822f7843 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, lib
+, updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook
 , enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
 , enableDarwinABICompat ? false
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  # necessary to build on FreeBSD native pending inclusion of
+  # https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/commit/?id=e4786449e1c26716e3f9ea182caf472e4dbc96e0
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook ];
+
   setupHooks = [
     ../../../build-support/setup-hooks/role.bash
     ./setup-hook.sh