diff --git a/build/external/packages/dpdk.mk b/build/external/packages/dpdk.mk
index 20a7aa2..c4e6dc7 100644
--- a/build/external/packages/dpdk.mk
+++ b/build/external/packages/dpdk.mk
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@
 endif
 endif
 
-DPDK_EXTRA_CFLAGS += -L$(I)/lib -I$(I)/include
+DPDK_EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I$(I)/include
+DPDK_EXTRA_LDFLAGS += -L$(I)/lib
 
 # assemble DPDK make arguments
 DPDK_MAKE_ARGS := -C $(DPDK_SOURCE) -j $(JOBS) \