diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/gst-ffmpeg.mk b/package/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/gst-ffmpeg.mk
index 6534f93107..eb7389f90f 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/gst-ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/gst-ffmpeg.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ GST_FFMPEG_CONF_EXTRA_OPT = \
 		--cross-prefix=$(TARGET_CROSS) \
 		--target-os=linux
 
+GST_FFMPEG_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
+GST_FFMPEG_CFLAGS += -mtext-section-literals
+endif
+
+GST_FFMPEG_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(GST_FFMPEG_CFLAGS)"
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 GST_FFMPEG_CONF_EXTRA_OPT += --enable-zlib
 GST_FFMPEG_DEPENDENCIES += zlib