diff --git a/packages/linux/build b/packages/linux/build
index eec15af69f..6c93154291 100755
--- a/packages/linux/build
+++ b/packages/linux/build
@@ -77,11 +77,12 @@ if [ "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ]; then
     export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib"
 
     make CROSS_COMPILE="$TARGET_PREFIX" \
+         ARCH="$TARGET_ARCH" \
          V=1 \
          DEBUG=false \
          NLS=false \
          NO_GTK2=true \
-         NO_LIBELF=true \
+         NO_LIBELF=false \
          NO_LIBPERL=true \
          NO_LIBPYTHON=false \
          PYTHON=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin/python \
diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index cdd8b787e2..e6a40d7309 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ if [ "$LINUX" = "ti-omap4" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$DEVTOOLS" = "yes" ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS newt"
-  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS newt"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS newt elfutils Python"
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS newt elfutils Python"
 fi