diff --git a/tools/elftosb/Makefile b/tools/elftosb/Makefile
index c063217d0b..6f9b963975 100644
--- a/tools/elftosb/Makefile
+++ b/tools/elftosb/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# 
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -13,19 +13,14 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://repository.timesys.com/buildsources/e/elftosb/elftosb-10.12.01/
 PKG_MD5SUM:=e8005d606c1e0bb3507c82f6eceb3056
 
-HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
 define Host/Compile
-	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) -f makefile LDFLAGS="$(HOST_STATIC_LINKING)"
+	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS) $(HOST_STATIC_LINKING)"
 endef
 
 define Host/Install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/bld/linux/elftosb $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/elftosb
 endef
 
-define Host/Clean
-endef
-
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/tools/elftosb/patches/003-use-ldflags.patch b/tools/elftosb/patches/003-use-ldflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82fd1e8d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/elftosb/patches/003-use-ldflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- a/makefile.rules
++++ b/makefile.rules
+@@ -131,19 +131,20 @@ exec_always:
+ 	@echo "LIBS = ${LIBS}"
+ 	@echo "EXEC_FILE = ${EXEC_FILE}"
+ 	@echo "BUILD_DIR = ${BUILD_DIR}"
++	@echo "LDFLAGS = ${LDFLAGS}"
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f ${OBJ_FILES_ELFTOSB2} ${OBJ_FILES_SBTOOL} ${OBJ_FILES_KEYGEN} \
+ 		${EXEC_FILE_ELFTOSB2} ${EXEC_FILE_SBTOOL} ${EXEC_FILE_KEYGEN}
+ 
+ elftosb: ${OBJ_FILES_ELFTOSB2}
+-	gcc ${OBJ_FILES_ELFTOSB2} ${LIBS} -o ${EXEC_FILE_ELFTOSB2}
++	gcc ${OBJ_FILES_ELFTOSB2} ${LIBS} ${LDFLAGS} -o ${EXEC_FILE_ELFTOSB2}
+ 
+ sbtool: ${OBJ_FILES_SBTOOL}
+-	gcc ${OBJ_FILES_SBTOOL} ${LIBS} -o ${EXEC_FILE_SBTOOL}
++	gcc ${OBJ_FILES_SBTOOL} ${LIBS} ${LDFLAGS} -o ${EXEC_FILE_SBTOOL}
+ 
+ keygen: ${OBJ_FILES_KEYGEN}
+-	gcc ${OBJ_FILES_KEYGEN} ${LIBS} -o ${EXEC_FILE_KEYGEN}
++	gcc ${OBJ_FILES_KEYGEN} ${LIBS} ${LDFLAGS} -o ${EXEC_FILE_KEYGEN}
+ 
+ 
+ #ifeq ("${UNAMES}", "Linux")