diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/docker/ctop/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/docker/ctop/package.mk
index b05d184c57..e7292c0e15 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/docker/ctop/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/docker/ctop/package.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Top-like interface for container metrics"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
 
 # Git commit of the matching release https://github.com/bcicen/ctop/releases
-PKG_GIT_COMMIT="11a1cb10f416b4ca5e36c22c1acc2d11dbb24fb4"
+export PKG_GIT_COMMIT="11a1cb10f416b4ca5e36c22c1acc2d11dbb24fb4"
 
 pre_make_target() {
   go_configure