diff --git a/package/sslh/0002-replace-U+c2a0.patch b/package/sslh/0002-replace-U+c2a0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38093fa250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sslh/0002-replace-U+c2a0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -durN sslh-v1.18.orig/genver.sh sslh-v1.18/genver.sh
+--- sslh-v1.18.orig/genver.sh	2017-02-21 22:03:40.849161283 +0100
++++ sslh-v1.18/genver.sh	2017-02-21 22:03:59.173402356 +0100
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
+         fi
+ fi
+ 
+-if [ -d .git ] && head=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
++if [ -d .git ] && head=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
+ 	# generate the version info based on the tag
+ 	release=`(git describe --tags || git --describe || git describe --all --long) \
+ 		2>/dev/null | tr -d '\n'`
diff --git a/package/sslh/sslh.mk b/package/sslh/sslh.mk
index 31774441ca..17aafd16c2 100644
--- a/package/sslh/sslh.mk
+++ b/package/sslh/sslh.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SSLH_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 SSLH_DEPENDENCIES = libconfig
 
 define SSLH_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE1) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
 endef
 
 define SSLH_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS