diff --git a/package/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng.mk b/package/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng.mk
index b728624003..6b384c0720 100644
--- a/package/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng.mk
+++ b/package/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng.mk
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ else
 AIRCRACK_NG_MAKE_OPTS += sqlite=false
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE),y)
+AIRCRACK_NG_MAKE_OPTS += NEWSSE=true
+else
+AIRCRACK_NG_MAKE_OPTS += NEWSSE=false
+endif
+
 define AIRCRACK_NG_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) LDFLAGS="$(AIRCRACK_NG_LDFLAGS)" \
 		$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(AIRCRACK_NG_MAKE_OPTS)