diff --git a/net/transmission/Makefile b/net/transmission/Makefile
index 8b9fa55e8..63f501b62 100644
--- a/net/transmission/Makefile
+++ b/net/transmission/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=transmission
 PKG_VERSION:=2.12
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirrors.m0k.org/transmission/files
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-largefile
 
 MAKE_FLAGS += \
-	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -D_GNU_SOURCE"
 
 define Package/transmission-daemon/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin