diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index d21d16d..fffdf60 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1549,6 +1549,7 @@ fi;
 : ${PKG_NANO_SHA256SUM:=63b6dd621e3e21bb130ca931d761f84b48d974a7b5b4d489189c2df354ca2b4a};
 : ${PKG_NANO_VERSION:=4.3};
 : ${PKG_NANO_URL:=http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v${PKG_NANO_VERSION%.[0-9]}/nano-${PKG_NANO_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_NANO_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD:="LIBS=-Wl,-lz,-lmagic,-lncursesw,-ltinfow"};
 : ${PKG_NCDU_SHA256SUM:=c694783aab21e27e64baad314b7c1ff34541bfa219fe9645ef6780f1c5558c44};
 : ${PKG_NCDU_VERSION:=1.14};
 : ${PKG_NCDU_URL:=https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-${PKG_NCDU_VERSION}.tar.gz};