diff --git a/package/libs/libnl-tiny/Makefile b/package/libs/libnl-tiny/Makefile
index 2445ad440b..33a4758252 100644
--- a/package/libs/libnl-tiny/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libnl-tiny/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libnl-tiny
 PKG_VERSION:=0.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
diff --git a/package/libs/libnl-tiny/src/Makefile b/package/libs/libnl-tiny/src/Makefile
index 4d090b35ec..6f37160a8c 100644
--- a/package/libs/libnl-tiny/src/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libnl-tiny/src/Makefile
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ LIBNL_OBJ=nl.o handlers.o msg.o attr.o cache.o cache_mngt.o object.o socket.o er
 GENL_OBJ=genl.o genl_family.o genl_ctrl.o genl_mngt.o unl.o
 
 $(LIBNAME): $(LIBNL_OBJ) $(GENL_OBJ)
-	$(CC) -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -shared -o $@ $^
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -shared -o $@ $^