diff --git a/openwrt/package/Makefile b/openwrt/package/Makefile
index cdc592bdd..86a84a475 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/Makefile
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ $(STAMP_DIR):
 		TARGET_DIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" \
 		IPKG_CONF="$(IPKG_CONF)" \
 		BOARD="$(BOARD)" \
+		KERNEL="$(KERNEL)" \
 		install
 
 %-rebuild: 
diff --git a/openwrt/package/nvram/Makefile b/openwrt/package/nvram/Makefile
index 337f722b5..f7312fe18 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/nvram/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/nvram/Makefile
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 include $(TOPDIR)/package/rules.mk
 
 # does not depend on menuconfig
-ifneq ($(BOARD),brcm)
+ifneq ($(BOARD)-$(KERNEL),brcm-2.4)
 BR2_PACKAGE_NVRAM:=m
 else
-ifeq ($(LINUX_VERSION),2.4.30)
 BR2_PACKAGE_NVRAM:=y
 endif
-endif
 
 $(eval $(call PKG_template,NVRAM,nvram,$(PKG_RELEASE),$(ARCH)))