diff --git a/package/lmdb/lmdb.mk b/package/lmdb/lmdb.mk
index 06c8f6bbb1..86d72e1abc 100644
--- a/package/lmdb/lmdb.mk
+++ b/package/lmdb/lmdb.mk
@@ -18,15 +18,21 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 LMDB_ILBIBS +=  liblmdb.a liblmdb.so
 endif
 
+LMDB_MAKE_OPTS += \
+	AR="$(TARGET_AR)" \
+	CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+	ILIBS="$(LMDB_ILBIBS)" \
+	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+	OPT="" \
+	XCFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
+
 define LMDB_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D)/libraries/liblmdb \
-		ILIBS="$(LMDB_ILBIBS)" \
-		XCFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/libraries/liblmdb $(LMDB_MAKE_OPTS)
 endef
 
 define LMDB_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/libraries/liblmdb \
-		ILIBS="$(LMDB_ILBIBS)" \
+		$(LMDB_MAKE_OPTS) \
 		DESTDIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
 		prefix=/usr \
 		install
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ endef
 
 define LMDB_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/libraries/liblmdb \
-		ILIBS="$(LMDB_ILBIBS)" \
+		$(LMDB_MAKE_OPTS) \
 		DESTDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" \
 		prefix=/usr \
 		install