diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
index 731725b8ad..e5d24240f6 100644
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ PKG_SHA256="cde723e19262e646f2670d25e5ec4b1b368490de950d4e26275a988c36df0bd4"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/u-boot-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host bison:host flex:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host bison:host flex:host openssl:host pkg-config:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Das U-Boot is a cross-platform bootloader for embedded systems."
 
 make_host() {
   make qemu-x86_64_defconfig
-  make tools-only
+  make tools-only HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}"
 }
 
 make_target() {
diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk b/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
index faf88c9528..ee34e34926 100644
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PKG_NAME="u-boot"
 PKG_ARCH="arm aarch64"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain openssl:host Python3:host swig:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain openssl:host pkg-config:host Python3:host swig:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Das U-Boot is a cross-platform bootloader for embedded systems."
 
 PKG_STAMP="${UBOOT_SYSTEM} ${UBOOT_TARGET}"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ make_target() {
     DEBUG=${PKG_DEBUG} CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX}" LDFLAGS="" ARCH=arm make mrproper
     [ -n "${UBOOT_FIRMWARE}" ] && find_file_path bootloader/firmware && . ${FOUND_PATH}
     DEBUG=${PKG_DEBUG} CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX}" LDFLAGS="" ARCH=arm make $(${ROOT}/${SCRIPTS}/uboot_helper ${PROJECT} ${DEVICE} ${UBOOT_SYSTEM} config)
-    DEBUG=${PKG_DEBUG} CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX}" LDFLAGS="" ARCH=arm _python_sysroot="${TOOLCHAIN}" _python_prefix=/ _python_exec_prefix=/ make ${UBOOT_TARGET} HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTLDFLAGS="-L${TOOLCHAIN}/lib" HOSTSTRIP="true" CONFIG_MKIMAGE_DTC_PATH="scripts/dtc/dtc"
+    DEBUG=${PKG_DEBUG} CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX}" LDFLAGS="" ARCH=arm _python_sysroot="${TOOLCHAIN}" _python_prefix=/ _python_exec_prefix=/ make ${UBOOT_TARGET} HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}" HOSTSTRIP="true" CONFIG_MKIMAGE_DTC_PATH="scripts/dtc/dtc"
   fi
 }