diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/odt2txt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/odt2txt/default.nix
index b7134bf8e47..85f0f24b387 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/odt2txt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/odt2txt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, libiconv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "odt2txt-0.4";
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configurePhase="export makeFlags=\"DESTDIR=$out\"";
 
-  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib libiconv ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-liconv";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Simple .odt to .txt converter";