diff --git a/package/shairport-sync/shairport-sync.mk b/package/shairport-sync/shairport-sync.mk
index 2dce4cdacb..01c13707e8 100644
--- a/package/shairport-sync/shairport-sync.mk
+++ b/package/shairport-sync/shairport-sync.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_OPTS = --with-alsa \
 	--with-pipe \
 	--with-stdout
 
+SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_ENV += LIBS="$(SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_LIBS)"
+
 # Avahi or tinysvcmdns (shaiport-sync bundles its own version of tinysvcmdns).
 # Avahi support needs libavahi-client, which is built by avahi if avahi-daemon
 # and dbus is selected. Since there is no BR2_PACKAGE_LIBAVAHI_CLIENT config
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_OPTS += --with-ssl=openssl
 else
 SHAIRPORT_SYNC_DEPENDENCIES += mbedtls
 SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_OPTS += --with-ssl=mbedtls
+SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_LIBS += -lmbedx509 -lmbedcrypto
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MBEDTLS_COMPRESSION),y)
+SHAIRPORT_SYNC_CONF_LIBS += -lz
+endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SHAIRPORT_SYNC_LIBSOXR),y)