diff --git a/plplot/Makefile b/plplot/Makefile
index 3453c55..14f177c 100644
--- a/plplot/Makefile
+++ b/plplot/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endef
 
 define Host/Compile
 	$(if $(CONFIG_PACKAGE_plplot-octave),$(Host/Compile/Octave),)
-	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/build_dir -j4
+	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/build_dir VERBOSE=1 -j4 
 endef
 
 define Host/Install/Octave
diff --git a/plplot/patches/070-disable-pango.patch b/plplot/patches/070-disable-pango.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7f4238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plplot/patches/070-disable-pango.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Index: plplot-5.9.7/cmake/modules/plplot.cmake
+===================================================================
+--- plplot-5.9.7.orig/cmake/modules/plplot.cmake	2011-02-15 22:31:43.000000000 +0100
++++ plplot-5.9.7/cmake/modules/plplot.cmake	2011-02-15 22:32:09.000000000 +0100
+@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@
+ # =======================================================================
+ # libpango support
+ # =======================================================================
+-include(pango)
++# pango disabled for now.  compilation fails on openwrt (?).
++#include(pango)
+ 
+ # =======================================================================
+ # Device drivers