diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
index bc49fadf99..325fac5842 100644
--- a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
+++ b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNET),y)
 SYSLOG_NG_DEPENDENCIES += libnet
-SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-spoof-source
+SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--with-libnet=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin \
+	--enable-spoof-source
 else
 SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-spoof-source
 endif