diff --git a/package/ed/ed.mk b/package/ed/ed.mk
index 158667bca..e7016bf4d 100644
--- a/package/ed/ed.mk
+++ b/package/ed/ed.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 # ed
 #
 #############################################################
-ED_VERSION:=1.1
-ED_SOURCE:=ed-$(ED_VERSION).tar.bz2
-ED_SITE:=$(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/ed/
+
+ED_VERSION = 1.5
+ED_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/ed
+ED_CONF_OPT = CC="$(TARGET_CC)" CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)"
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,ed))