diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
index db323b97ca..faf0e2ae03 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_LIB_OPENGL_EGL),y)
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-egl
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_DEPENDENCIES += libegl
+GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_ENV += \
+	CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --cflags egl)" \
+	LIBS="$(shell $(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs egl)"
 else
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-egl
 endif