diff --git a/net/nginx/Makefile b/net/nginx/Makefile
index 31d9318fd..142453bcd 100644
--- a/net/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/net/nginx/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=nginx
-PKG_VERSION:=1.2.8
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://nginx.org/download/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=b9f7640cca35196d0e719ac5da24c7bd
+PKG_MD5SUM:=5dfaba1cbeae9087f3949860a02caa9f
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
diff --git a/net/nginx/patches/300-crosscompile_ccflags.patch b/net/nginx/patches/300-crosscompile_ccflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a06a7696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/nginx/patches/300-crosscompile_ccflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- a/auto/endianness
++++ b/auto/endianness
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ int main() {
+ 
+ END
+ 
+-ngx_test="$CC $CC_TEST_FLAGS $CC_AUX_FLAGS \
++ngx_test="$CC $NGX_CC_OPT $CC_TEST_FLAGS $CC_AUX_FLAGS \
+           -o $NGX_AUTOTEST $NGX_AUTOTEST.c $NGX_LD_OPT $ngx_feature_libs"
+ 
+ eval "$ngx_test >> $NGX_AUTOCONF_ERR 2>&1"
+--- a/auto/feature
++++ b/auto/feature
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int main() {
+ END
+ 
+ 
+-ngx_test="$CC $CC_TEST_FLAGS $CC_AUX_FLAGS $ngx_feature_inc_path \
++ngx_test="$CC $NGX_CC_OPT $CC_TEST_FLAGS $CC_AUX_FLAGS $ngx_feature_inc_path \
+           -o $NGX_AUTOTEST $NGX_AUTOTEST.c $NGX_TEST_LD_OPT $ngx_feature_libs"
+ 
+ ngx_feature_inc_path=
+--- a/auto/include
++++ b/auto/include
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int main() {
+ END
+ 
+ 
+-ngx_test="$CC -o $NGX_AUTOTEST $NGX_AUTOTEST.c"
++ngx_test="$CC $NGX_CC_OPT -o $NGX_AUTOTEST $NGX_AUTOTEST.c"
+ 
+ eval "$ngx_test >> $NGX_AUTOCONF_ERR 2>&1"
+