diff --git a/package/ppp/Makefile b/package/ppp/Makefile
index 680076857..b5a317bd0 100644
--- a/package/ppp/Makefile
+++ b/package/ppp/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ PKG_INSTALL_DIR:=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-install
 PKG_BUILDDEP:=libpcap linux-atm
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 define Package/ppp/Default
   SECTION:=net
@@ -91,6 +92,14 @@ define Package/pppstats
 	This package contains an utility to report PPP statistics.
 endef
 
+define Build/Configure
+$(call Build/Configure/Default,, \
+	UNAME_S="Linux" \
+	UNAME_R="$(LINUX_VERSION)" \
+	UNAME_M="$(ARCH)" \
+)
+endef
+
 define Build/Compile
 	rm -rf $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
 	mkdir -p $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr
diff --git a/package/ppp/patches/010-use_target_for_configure.patch b/package/ppp/patches/010-use_target_for_configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56439a612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ppp/patches/010-use_target_for_configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+	Use values exported from $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk for determining
+	the target system instead of the host configuration
+
+--- ppp-2.4.3/configure.orig	Sat Nov  6 11:36:32 2004
++++ ppp-2.4.3/configure	Sun Jun 18 23:40:46 2006
+@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ SYSCONF=/etc
+ #  if [ -d /NextApps ]; then
+ #    system="NeXTStep"
+ #  else
+-  system=`uname -s`
+-  release=`uname -r`
+-  arch=`uname -m`
++  system=${UNAME_S:-`uname -s`}
++  release=${UNAME_R:-`uname -r`}
++  arch=${UNAME_M:-`uname -m`}
+ #  fi
+ state="unknown"
+ 
+