diff --git a/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/changelog.txt
index 57e14f4cbd..394f45512d 100644
--- a/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+8.0.102
+- Rebuild driver against 4.8 kernel
+
 8.0.101
 - Rebuild driver against 4.7 kernel
 
diff --git a/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/package.mk b/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/package.mk
index 20a0940d2f..6c7280425a 100644
--- a/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/package.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 PKG_NAME="sapphire"
 PKG_VERSION="6.6"
-PKG_REV="101"
+PKG_REV="102"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="https://libreelec.tv"
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ else
   INPUT_H="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/linux/input.h"
 fi
 
+pre_make_target() {
+  unset LDFLAGS
+}
+
 make_target() {
-  KVER=$(kernel_version) KDIR=$(kernel_path) INPUT_H=$INPUT_H make
+  make V=1 \
+       KVER=$(kernel_version) \
+       KDIR=$(kernel_path) \
+       INPUT_H=$INPUT_H
 }
 
 post_make_target() {