diff --git a/utils/crelay/Makefile b/utils/crelay/Makefile
index 8a5f7dc90..04fa0ae26 100644
--- a/utils/crelay/Makefile
+++ b/utils/crelay/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 
 define Package/crelay
   SECTION:=utils
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ TARGET_CFLAGS+= \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libftdi1 \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/hidapi
 
+TARGET_LDFLAGS+= $(if $(ICONV_FULL),-liconv)
 
 define Build/Compile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src \
diff --git a/utils/crelay/patches/020-link_using_LDFLAGS.patch b/utils/crelay/patches/020-link_using_LDFLAGS.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9154b08cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/crelay/patches/020-link_using_LDFLAGS.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/Makefile
++++ b/src/Makefile
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ all:	$(BIN)
+ 
+ $(BIN):	$(OBJ)
+ 	@echo "[Link $(BIN)] with libs $(LIBS)"
+-	@$(CC) -o $(BIN) $(OBJ) $(LIBS)
++	@$(CC) -o $(BIN) $(OBJ) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ .c.o:
+ 	@echo "[Compile $<]"