diff --git a/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk b/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk
index 8ba144830e..6a8af8b5d4 100644
--- a/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk
+++ b/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ $(VALGRIND_DIR)/.configured: $(VALGRIND_DIR)/.patched
 	(cd $(VALGRIND_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) \
+		CC="$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -I$(LINUX_HEADERS_DIR)/include" \
 		./configure \
 		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
 		--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \