diff --git a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-tmon.mk.in b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-tmon.mk.in
index 15931c3124..56c328c51f 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-tmon.mk.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-tmon.mk.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LINUX_TOOLS += tmon
 TMON_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf ncurses
 TMON_MAKE_OPTS = $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) \
 	CC=$(TARGET_CC) \
+	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP),)