diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index 8948268af..53798298a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Build::
   * core: add CMake option "ENABLE_CODE_COVERAGE" to compile with code coverage options (CMake ≥ 3.0 is now required)
   * core: fix compilation on Mac OS (issue #1308)
   * lua: add detection of Lua 5.3 with autotools
+  * tests: fix compilation of tests on FreeBSD
 
 [[v2.4]]
 == Version 2.4 (2019-02-17)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dbdaeace..0b7a245eb 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ set(LIB_WEECHAT_UNIT_TESTS_PLUGINS_SRC
 )
 add_library(weechat_unit_tests_plugins MODULE ${LIB_WEECHAT_UNIT_TESTS_PLUGINS_SRC})
 
+if(ICONV_LIBRARY)
+  list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${ICONV_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
   list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS "intl")
   if(HAVE_BACKTRACE)