diff --git a/package/protobuf/protobuf.mk b/package/protobuf/protobuf.mk
index 492917c5e8..75791fade2 100644
--- a/package/protobuf/protobuf.mk
+++ b/package/protobuf/protobuf.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_85180),y)
 PROTOBUF_CXXFLAGS += -O0
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_or1k),y)
+PROTOBUF_CXXFLAGS += -mcmodel=large
+endif
+
 PROTOBUF_CONF_ENV = CXXFLAGS="$(PROTOBUF_CXXFLAGS)"
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)