diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 527383c9d9..684b3946c5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 	#495: Bump bind package to 9.5.1-P3 (security)
 	#497: OpenSSL RSA key generation hangs on x86_64
 	#509: Bump sqlite package to 3.6.16
+	#527: pciutils broken with external toolchain
 
 2009.05, Released June 1st, 2009:
 
diff --git a/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk b/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk
index 0d8155f407..976afbf177 100644
--- a/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk
+++ b/package/pciutils/pciutils.mk
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ $(PCIUTILS_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(PCIUTILS_SOURCE) $(DL_DIR)/$(PCIIDS_SOURC
 	touch $@
 
 $(PCIUTILS_DIR)/.compiled: $(PCIUTILS_DIR)/.unpacked
-	$(MAKE1) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" OPT="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" RANLIB=$(TARGET_RANLIB) AR=$(TARGET_AR) -C $(PCIUTILS_DIR) \
+	$(MAKE1) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" OPT="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" RANLIB=$(TARGET_RANLIB) AR=$(TARGET_AR) -C $(PCIUTILS_DIR) \
 		SHAREDIR="/usr/share/misc" \
 		ZLIB=$(PCIUTILS_HAVE_ZLIB) \
 		HOST=$(KERNEL_ARCH)-linux \