diff --git a/project/overrides.mk b/project/overrides.mk
index e69de29..2641556 100644
--- a/project/overrides.mk
+++ b/project/overrides.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# direct linker invocation
+LDFLAGS_SYSROOT = $(CFLAGS_SYSROOT)