diff --git a/package/ipset/ipset.mk b/package/ipset/ipset.mk
index 9d901fc53e..700d2bc229 100644
--- a/package/ipset/ipset.mk
+++ b/package/ipset/ipset.mk
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ IPSET_SOURCE = ipset-$(IPSET_VERSION).tar.bz2
 IPSET_SITE = http://ipset.netfilter.org
 IPSET_AUTORECONF = YES
 IPSET_DEPENDENCIES = libmnl host-pkg-config
+IPSET_CONF_OPT = --with-ksource=$(LINUX_HEADERS_DIR)
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,ipset))