diff --git a/package/pv/pv.mk b/package/pv/pv.mk
index a8b2651709..00502d3b4e 100644
--- a/package/pv/pv.mk
+++ b/package/pv/pv.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ PV_SOURCE = pv-$(PV_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PV_SITE = http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources
 PV_LICENSE = Artistic-2.0
 PV_LICENSE_FILES = doc/COPYING
-PV_MAKE_OPT = LD=$(TARGET_LD) # otherwise 'ld' is used
+
+# While 'pv' uses autoconf, it does not use automake for its
+# makefiles. It uses $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) to achieve partial linking, but
+# using 'ld' directly doesn't work well with some toolchain
+# configuration, as the ld default emulation may not necessarily be
+# the correct one. By passing the below values for LD and LDFLAGS, we
+# ensure that 'gcc' is used to do these partial linking steps.
+PV_MAKE_OPT = \
+	LD=$(TARGET_CC) \
+	LDFLAGS="-Wl,-r -nostdlib"
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))