diff --git a/package/memtester/memtester.mk b/package/memtester/memtester.mk
index 49cc935f39..ec515f6392 100644
--- a/package/memtester/memtester.mk
+++ b/package/memtester/memtester.mk
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ MEMTESTER_CPE_ID_VENDOR = pryopus
 MEMTESTER_TARGET_INSTALL_OPTS = INSTALLPATH=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr
 
 define MEMTESTER_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(SED) "s,^cc,$(TARGET_CC)," $(@D)/conf-*
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
+	$(SED) "s%^cc%$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS)%" $(@D)/conf-cc
+	$(SED) "s%^cc%$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)%" $(@D)/conf-ld
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D)
 endef
 
 define MEMTESTER_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS