diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-envtools/Makefile b/package/boot/uboot-envtools/Makefile
index 4be043dcab..f880698e9c 100644
--- a/package/boot/uboot-envtools/Makefile
+++ b/package/boot/uboot-envtools/Makefile
@@ -51,16 +51,11 @@ define Build/Configure
 	touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include/generated/autoconf.h
 endef
 
-TARGET_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
-
-define Build/Compile
-	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
-		CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
-		TARGET_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-		HOSTLDFLAGS= \
-		no-dot-config-targets=envtools \
-		envtools
-endef
+MAKE_FLAGS += \
+	TARGET_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+	TARGET_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+	no-dot-config-targets=envtools \
+	envtools
 
 define Package/uboot-envtools/conffiles
 /etc/config/ubootenv
diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-envtools/patches/001-compile.patch b/package/boot/uboot-envtools/patches/001-compile.patch
index 34072f309d..5413aa4a41 100644
--- a/package/boot/uboot-envtools/patches/001-compile.patch
+++ b/package/boot/uboot-envtools/patches/001-compile.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 --- a/tools/env/Makefile
 +++ b/tools/env/Makefile
-@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
+@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
  # with "CC" here for the maximum code reuse of scripts/Makefile.host.
  override HOSTCC = $(CC)
  
 +ifneq ($(TARGET_CFLAGS),)
 +HOSTCFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 +endif
++ifneq ($(TARGET_LDFLAGS),)
++HOSTLDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
++endif
 +
  # Compile for a hosted environment on the target
  HOST_EXTRACFLAGS  = -I$(srctree)/tools \