diff --git a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
index e46856341..171ad0cf2 100644
--- a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
+++ b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ CIVETWEB_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md
 
 CIVETWEB_CONF_OPT = TARGET_OS=LINUX
 CIVETWEB_COPT = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DHAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE=0
+CIVETWEB_LIBS = -lpthread -lm -ldl
 CIVETWEB_SYSCONFDIR = /etc
 CIVETWEB_HTMLDIR = /var/www
 
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_CIVETWEB_WITH_LUA),y)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
-	CIVETWEB_COPT += -DNO_SSL_DL -lcrypt -lssl
+	CIVETWEB_COPT += -DNO_SSL_DL
+	CIVETWEB_LIBS += -lssl -lcrypto -lz
 	CIVETWEB_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 else
 	CIVETWEB_COPT += -DNO_SSL
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ endif
 define CIVETWEB_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" -C $(@D) build \
 		$(CIVETWEB_CONF_OPT) \
-		COPT="$(CIVETWEB_COPT)"
+		COPT="$(CIVETWEB_COPT)" LIBS="$(CIVETWEB_LIBS)"
 endef
 
 define CIVETWEB_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS