diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
index 4bddd5201d..bf3e8e2f75 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=busybox
 PKG_VERSION:=1.36.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_FLAGS:=essential
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ PKG_HASH:=b8cc24c9574d809e7279c3be349795c5d5ceb6fdf19ca709f80cde50e47de314
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=BUSYBOX_CONFIG_PAM:libpam
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS:=lto
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SOFT_FLOAT),)
+  PKG_BUILD_FLAGS+=no-mips16
+endif
+
 PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY:=0
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0