diff --git a/package/libtorrent/libtorrent.mk b/package/libtorrent/libtorrent.mk
index c8310cab65..b966a72788 100644
--- a/package/libtorrent/libtorrent.mk
+++ b/package/libtorrent/libtorrent.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ LIBTORRENT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBTORRENT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 LIBTORRENT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEXECINFO),y)
+LIBTORRENT_CONF_ENV += LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -lexecinfo"
+LIBTORRENT_DEPENDENCIES += libexecinfo
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 LIBTORRENT_CONF_OPTS += --enable-openssl
 LIBTORRENT_DEPENDENCIES += openssl