diff --git a/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.105.bb b/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.105.bb
index 12409d4..e27720e 100644
--- a/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.105.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.105.bb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://../debian/copyright;md5=ee6bbaacb5db5f2973818f0902c3a
 
 DEPENDS += "glib-2.0 libbsd"
 
+inherit pkgconfig
+
 SRC_URI = "${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/n/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_${PV}.orig.tar.gz;name=netcat \
            ${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/n/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_${PV}-7.debian.tar.gz;name=netcat-patch"
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ python do_patch() {
 do_compile() {
     cd ${S}
     pkgrel=4
-    oe_runmake CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DDEBIAN_VERSION=\"\\\"${pkgrel}\\\"\""
+    oe_runmake LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DDEBIAN_VERSION=\"\\\"${pkgrel}\\\"\""
 }
 
 do_install() {