diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/comskip/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/comskip/package.mk
index 09d1d1984e..de66e7a88d 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/comskip/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/comskip/package.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain argtable2 ffmpegx"
 PKG_DEPENDS_CONFIG="argtable2 ffmpegx"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Comskip detects commercial breaks from a video stream. It can be used for post-processing recordings."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
-PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot -cfg-libs"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
   # pass ffmpegx to build