diff --git a/package/apr/apr.mk b/package/apr/apr.mk
index 1a4c0e261b..dfaf2130aa 100644
--- a/package/apr/apr.mk
+++ b/package/apr/apr.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ APR_CONF_ENV = \
 	apr_cv_mutex_robust_shared=no \
 	apr_cv_tcp_nodelay_with_cork=yes \
 	ac_cv_sizeof_struct_iovec=8 \
+	ac_cv_struct_rlimit=yes \
 	apr_cv_mutex_recursive=yes
 APR_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = apr-1-config
 
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
 APR_CONF_ENV += apr_cv_pthreads_lib="-lpthread"
 endif
 
+# Fix lfs detection when cross compiling
+ifeq ($(BR2_LARGEFILE),y)
+APR_CONF_ENV += apr_cv_use_lfs64=yes
+endif
+
 define APR_CLEANUP_UNNEEDED_FILES
 	$(RM) -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/build-1/
 endef