diff --git a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
index 4c8f4e88fb..b950890608 100644
--- a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
+++ b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_CIVETWEB_WITH_LUA),y)
 	CIVETWEB_CONF_OPT += WITH_LUA=1
+ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
+	CIVETWEB_COPT += -mtext-section-literals
+endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)