diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4eccaf0244..46b975749c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 	#1219: kernel headers not correctly installed into toolchain/staging
 	#1273: BR2_INET_IPV6 does not enable IPv6 in pppd
 	#1303: Add librsync package
+	#1321: Busybox link fails due to lack of --sysroot option
 	#1327: mtd-utils compile failure due to lack of --sysroot in CFLAGS
 	#1345: Bump pppd to 2.4.5 and convert to Makefile.autotools.in
 	#1369: cannot build radvd (flex problem)
diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 05a6d941c1..668861d5b3 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -107,12 +107,14 @@ endif
 $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/busybox: $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/.config
 	$(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
 		CROSS="$(TARGET_CROSS)" PREFIX="$(TARGET_DIR)" \
+		EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 		ARCH=$(KERNEL_ARCH) -C $(BUSYBOX_DIR)
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/busybox: $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/busybox
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_FULLINSTALL),y)
 	$(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
 		CROSS="$(TARGET_CROSS)" PREFIX="$(TARGET_DIR)" \
+		EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 		ARCH=$(KERNEL_ARCH) -C $(BUSYBOX_DIR) install
 else
 	install -D -m 0755 $(BUSYBOX_DIR)/busybox $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/busybox