diff --git a/package/uhttpd/Makefile b/package/uhttpd/Makefile
index 2b7714d30f..4bee17d234 100644
--- a/package/uhttpd/Makefile
+++ b/package/uhttpd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=uhttpd
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ endef
 
 # hack to use CyASSL headers
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -I$(firstword $(wildcard $(BUILD_DIR)/cyassl-*/include))
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -lm
 MAKE_VARS += FPIC="$(FPIC)"
 
 define Build/Prepare
diff --git a/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd.c b/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd.c
index be13b536d7..c6a8b6c272 100644
--- a/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd.c
+++ b/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	int nofork = 0;
 
 	/* args */
-	char opt;
+	int opt;
 	char bind[128];
 	char *port = NULL;