--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -557,8 +557,15 @@ src/include/switch_version.h: src/includ
 libs/libedit/src/.libs/libedit.a:
 	cd libs/libedit && $(MAKE)
 
+# !!! OpenWrt was here !!!
+# - added CROSS and set target to generic-gnu for cross-compile
+# - added CPPFLAGS to CFLAGS, otherwise they would be ignored
+# - disabled optimizations that would override OpenWrt's CFLAGS
+# - disabled the building of tools (because they fail to build and we
+#   don't need them anyway)
+
 libs/libvpx/Makefile: libs/libvpx/.update
-	cd libs/libvpx && CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(VISIBILITY_FLAG)" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ./configure --enable-pic --disable-docs --disable-examples --disable-install-bins --disable-install-srcs --disable-unit-tests --size-limit=16384x16384
+	cd libs/libvpx && CROSS="$(CROSS)" CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(VISIBILITY_FLAG)" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ./configure --target=generic-gnu --disable-optimizations --enable-pic --disable-docs --disable-examples --disable-install-bins --disable-install-srcs --disable-tools --disable-unit-tests --size-limit=16384x16384
 
 libs/libvpx/libvpx.a: libs/libvpx/Makefile libs/libvpx/.update
 	@cd libs/libvpx && $(MAKE)