Just assume ICONV_DIR is fine since we pass the correct parameters to configure. Otherwise configure will try to guess on absolute directories and sometimes messes up on some weird edge conditions. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias diff -Nura php-5.3.27.orig/configure php-5.3.27/configure --- php-5.3.27.orig/configure 2013-11-26 09:33:30.874253800 -0300 +++ php-5.3.27/configure 2013-11-26 09:41:41.495363637 -0300 @@ -48212,20 +48212,7 @@ if test "$iconv_avail" != "no"; then - if test -z "$ICONV_DIR"; then - for i in /usr/local /usr; do - if test -f "$i/include/iconv.h" || test -f "$i/include/giconv.h"; then - PHP_ICONV_PREFIX="$i" - break - fi - done - if test -z "$PHP_ICONV_PREFIX"; then - PHP_ICONV_PREFIX="/usr" - fi - else - PHP_ICONV_PREFIX="$ICONV_DIR" - fi - + PHP_ICONV_PREFIX="$ICONV_DIR" CFLAGS="-I$PHP_ICONV_PREFIX/include $CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="-L$PHP_ICONV_PREFIX/$PHP_LIBDIR $LDFLAGS"