diff --git a/kernel/kernel.nm b/kernel/kernel.nm
index 62c23132b..9b340f8b3 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel.nm
+++ b/kernel/kernel.nm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 name       = kernel
 version    = 6.2
-release    = 1.2
+release    = 2
 thisapp    = linux-%{version}
 
 maintainer = Arne Fitzenreiter <arne.fitzenreiter@ipfire.org>
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ build
 		sed -e "/^COLORIZE_PLUGIN_CFLAGS/d" \
 			-i Makefile
 
-		sed -e "s/\$(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS)/& -fPIC/g" -i Makefile
+		# Use our linker flags while building the compiler plugins.
+		sed -i '/^plugin_ldflags\s\+=/ s/$/ %{LDFLAGS}/' \
+			scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
 
 		# Get rid of unwanted files resulting from patch fuzz.
 		find . \( -name "*.orig" -o -name "*~" \) -exec rm -f {} \; >/dev/null