diff --git a/package/perl-netaddr-ip/perl-netaddr-ip.mk b/package/perl-netaddr-ip/perl-netaddr-ip.mk
index 4824b4e9ee..c4885715b4 100644
--- a/package/perl-netaddr-ip/perl-netaddr-ip.mk
+++ b/package/perl-netaddr-ip/perl-netaddr-ip.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PERL_NETADDR_IP_LICENSE_FILES = Artistic Copying
 PERL_NETADDR_IP_DISTNAME = NetAddr-IP
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-PERL_NETADDR_IP_CONF_OPTS = -noxs
+PERL_NETADDR_IP_CONF_OPTS += -noxs
 endif
 
 $(eval $(perl-package))