diff --git a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
index ab05b06e5e..1dccb0881b 100644
--- a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
+++ b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ define SQUASHFS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 endef
 
 define HOST_SQUASHFS_BUILD_CMDS
- $(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/squashfs-tools/
+ $(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" -C $(@D)/squashfs-tools/
 endef
 
 define HOST_SQUASHFS_INSTALL_CMDS