diff --git a/net/net-snmp/Makefile b/net/net-snmp/Makefile
index 29330b9c76..ad8684bdb5 100644
--- a/net/net-snmp/Makefile
+++ b/net/net-snmp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=net-snmp
 PKG_VERSION:=5.7.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/net-snmp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ PKG_MD5SUM:=d4a3459e1577d0efa8d96ca70a885e53
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT BSD-3-Clause-Clear
 
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/net-snmp/Default
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ define Package/libnetsnmp
 $(call Package/net-snmp/Default)
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
-  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_libnl-core:libnl-core
+  DEPENDS:=+libnl-tiny
   TITLE:=Open source SNMP implementation (libraries)
 endef
 
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ SNMP_TRANSPORTS_INCLUDED = Callback UDP Unix
 SNMP_TRANSPORTS_EXCLUDED = TCP TCPIPv6
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+TARGET_CPPFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libnl-tiny
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-mfd-rewrites \
@@ -186,8 +189,13 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--without-libwrap \
 	--without-rpm \
 	--without-zlib \
+	--with-nl \
 	 $(call autoconf_bool,CONFIG_IPV6,ipv6) \
 
+CONFIGURE_VARS += \
+	ac_cv_header_netlink_netlink_h=yes \
+	netsnmp_cv_func_nl_connect_LIBS=-lnl-tiny \
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_IPV6),y)
 SNMP_TRANSPORTS_INCLUDED+= UDPIPv6
 endif
diff --git a/net/net-snmp/patches/000-cross-compile.patch b/net/net-snmp/patches/000-cross-compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..290622098e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/net-snmp/patches/000-cross-compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From: Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
+Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 13:41:00 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] configure: allow overriding hardcoded /usr/include/libnl3
+
+In a cross-compile setting we do not want to probe the host systems
+/usr/include path, therfore allow to disable this include path by passing
+ac_cv_header_netlink_netlink_h=yes to configure.
+
+Also disable the testing for libraries providing nl_connect when
+netsnmp_cv_func_nl_connect_LIBS is predefined since the proprietary
+NETSNMP_SEARCH_LIBS() macro will clobber the internal link flags upon
+encountering predefined cache variables, causing all subsequent configure
+link tests to fail due to a stray "no" word getting passed to the linker.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
+--- a/configure.d/config_os_libs2
++++ b/configure.d/config_os_libs2
+@@ -226,14 +226,22 @@ if test "x$with_nl" != "xno"; then
+     case $target_os in
+     linux*) # Check for libnl (linux)
+         netsnmp_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+-        CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/libnl3 $CPPFLAGS"
+-        NETSNMP_SEARCH_LIBS(nl_connect, nl-3,
+-            [AC_CHECK_HEADERS(netlink/netlink.h)
+-            EXTERNAL_MIBGROUP_INCLUDES="$EXTERNAL_MIBGROUP_INCLUDES -I/usr/include/libnl3"],
+-            [CPPFLAGS="$netsnmp_save_CPPFLAGS"], [], [], [LMIBLIBS])
++        netsnmp_netlink_include_flags=""
+         if test "x$ac_cv_header_netlink_netlink_h" != xyes; then
+-            NETSNMP_SEARCH_LIBS(nl_connect, nl, [
+-                AC_CHECK_HEADERS(netlink/netlink.h)], [], [], LMIBLIBS)
++            netsnmp_netlink_include_flags="-I/usr/include/libnl3"
++        fi
++        CPPFLAGS="$netsnmp_netlink_include_flags $CPPFLAGS"
++        if test "x$netsnmp_cv_func_nl_connect_LIBS" = x; then
++            NETSNMP_SEARCH_LIBS(nl_connect, nl-3,
++                [AC_CHECK_HEADERS(netlink/netlink.h)
++                EXTERNAL_MIBGROUP_INCLUDES="$EXTERNAL_MIBGROUP_INCLUDES $netsnmp_netlink_include_flags"],
++                [CPPFLAGS="$netsnmp_save_CPPFLAGS"], [], [], [LMIBLIBS])
++            if test "x$ac_cv_header_netlink_netlink_h" != xyes; then
++                NETSNMP_SEARCH_LIBS(nl_connect, nl, [
++                    AC_CHECK_HEADERS(netlink/netlink.h)], [], [], LMIBLIBS)
++            fi
++        else
++            LMIBLIBS="$LMIBLIBS $netsnmp_cv_func_nl_connect_LIBS"
+         fi
+         if test "x$ac_cv_header_netlink_netlink_h" = xyes; then
+             AC_EGREP_HEADER([nl_socket_free], [netlink/socket.h],