diff --git a/packages/extras-buildpkgs/sunxi-tools/debian/rules b/packages/extras-buildpkgs/sunxi-tools/debian/rules
index 5560d4bb4..9c3fccc56 100644
--- a/packages/extras-buildpkgs/sunxi-tools/debian/rules
+++ b/packages/extras-buildpkgs/sunxi-tools/debian/rules
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=-relro,-pie
+
 %:
 	dh $@
 
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ override_dh_auto_clean:
 	rm -f bin/fel-pio.* bin/*.sunxi
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	$(MAKE) tools
+	$(MAKE) EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" tools
 
 override_dh_auto_install: PKG := debian/sunxi-tools
 override_dh_auto_install: