diff --git a/src/autoconf/configure.in b/src/autoconf/configure.in
index f832d22..2b1c94a 100644
--- a/src/autoconf/configure.in
+++ b/src/autoconf/configure.in
@@ -1316,8 +1316,9 @@ for TESTPATH in "" "/usr/local/include"; do
     if test "x$TESTPATH" != "x"; then
         CFLAGS="-I$TESTPATH $saveflags"
     fi
+# it's sys/iconv.h for BSD.. how do we support both paths?
 AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-#include <sys/iconv.h>
+#include <iconv.h>
 #endif
 
 iconv_t * foo(void)