XINETD_LICENSE = xinetd license
XINETD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYRIGHT
-ifneq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC),y)
-XINETD_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DNO_RPC"
+XINETD_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
+
+# Three cases here:
+# 1. We have libtirpc, use it by passing special flags
+# 2. We have native RPC support, use it, no need to pass special
+# flags (so this case 2 is implicit and not visible below)
+# 3. We don't have RPC support, pass -DNO_RPC to disable it
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC),y)
+XINETD_DEPENDENCIES += libtirpc
+XINETD_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/tirpc/
+XINETD_LIBS += -ltirpc
+else ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC),)
+XINETD_CFLAGS += -DNO_RPC
endif
+XINETD_CONF_ENV += \
+ CFLAGS="$(XINETD_CFLAGS)" \
+ LIBS="$(XINETD_LIBS)"
+
XINETD_MAKE_OPT = AR="$(TARGET_AR)"
$(eval $(autotools-package))