diff --git a/package/lmbench/lmbench.mk b/package/lmbench/lmbench.mk
index c3a6c090d0..529026fd72 100644
--- a/package/lmbench/lmbench.mk
+++ b/package/lmbench/lmbench.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ LMBENCH_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/tirpc/
 LMBENCH_LDFLAGS += -ltirpc
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
+LMBENCH_CFLAGS += -mtext-section-literals
+endif
+
 define LMBENCH_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	$(call CONFIG_UPDATE,$(@D))
 	sed -i 's/CFLAGS=/CFLAGS+=/g' $(@D)/src/Makefile