diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/gnur/Makefile.gnur b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/gnur/Makefile.gnur
index 08f3f468a93a770872b35b2b46f8f5d030bd4a9e..bb0f0f2c6ab687444fef33d236507f402c9906c9 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/gnur/Makefile.gnur
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/gnur/Makefile.gnur
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ifeq ($(OSNAME), SunOS)
 iconv: $(ICONV) iconv_config iconv_build
 
 $(ICONV):
-	tar xf $(TOPDIR)/../lib/$(ICONV).tar.gz
+	tar xf $(TOPDIR)/../libdownloads/$(ICONV).tar.gz
 
 iconv_config: $(ICONV)/Makefile