diff --git a/tools/padjffs2/Makefile b/tools/padjffs2/Makefile
index a949ac0628..3f033c0c2b 100644
--- a/tools/padjffs2/Makefile
+++ b/tools/padjffs2/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2011 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2012 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ define Host/Prepare
 	find $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) -name .svn | $(XARGS) rm -rf
 endef
 
+define Host/Compile
+	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) LDFLAGS="-static"
+endef
+
 define Host/Configure
 endef
 
diff --git a/tools/padjffs2/src/Makefile b/tools/padjffs2/src/Makefile
index fe1a7aa628..45da8e5dbc 100644
--- a/tools/padjffs2/src/Makefile
+++ b/tools/padjffs2/src/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ all: padjffs2
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 padjffs2: $(padjffs2-objs)
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(padjffs2-objs)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(padjffs2-objs)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f padjffs2 *.o