diff --git a/core/linux/PKGBUILD b/core/linux/PKGBUILD
index 8b8aab0ca..7e17cf806 100644
--- a/core/linux/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux/PKGBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ uksmver=0.1.2.2
 arch=('arm')
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
-makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'uboot-mkimage')
+makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'uboot-mkimage' 'inetutils')
 options=('!strip')
 source=("ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${_basekernel}.tar.bz2"
         "ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-${pkgver}.bz2"
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ msg2 "Set DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL to 4 (same value as the 'quiet' kernel param)
 build() {
   cd "${srcdir}/linux-${_basekernel}"
 
+  LDFLAGS=""
+
   # get kernel version
   make prepare