diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/package.mk b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/package.mk
index bd58472df9..994b79ed79 100644
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/package.mk
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ configure_target() {
 # wpa_supplicant fails to build with LTO
   strip_lto
 
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lpthread"
+  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lpthread -lm"
 
   cp $PKG_DIR/config/makefile.config wpa_supplicant/.config