diff --git a/package/gnupg2/gnupg2.mk b/package/gnupg2/gnupg2.mk
index 5815e7003d..3932c3a0f9 100644
--- a/package/gnupg2/gnupg2.mk
+++ b/package/gnupg2/gnupg2.mk
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ GNUPG2_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gnutls
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB_COMPAT),y)
+GNUPG2_CONF_ENV += CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libusb-1.0"
 GNUPG2_CONF_OPTS += --enable-ccid-driver
 GNUPG2_DEPENDENCIES += libusb-compat
 else