diff --git a/java/jikes/Makefile b/java/jikes/Makefile
index 770abb8c58be..9b43a0fd9c16 100644
--- a/java/jikes/Makefile
+++ b/java/jikes/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	jikes
 PORTVERSION=	1.18
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	java
 MASTER_SITES=	http://oss.software.ibm.com/pub/jikes/${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	archie@freebsd.org
 COMMENT=	A very fast Java source to byte-code compiler made available by IBM
 
+LIB_DEPENDS=	iconv.3:${PORTSDIR}/converters/libiconv
+
 MAN1=		jikes.1
 
 PLIST_SUB=	PORTVERSION=${PORTVERSION}
@@ -20,4 +23,6 @@ GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" LIBS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib"
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>