diff --git a/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
index a70ef826..5ff9b4be 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ template = "custom"
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    # riscv64gc does not work without this
+    ac_cv_c_bigendian=no
     ac_cv_have_decl_program_invocation_name=no
 )
 cookbook_configure
-"""
\ No newline at end of file
+"""