diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 183d76db4fe..423e55fa9bf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2088,6 +2088,7 @@ case $_host_os in
 		LIBS="$LIBS -lnsl -lsocket"
 		;;
 	webos)
+		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS --sysroot=$WEBOS_PDK/arm-gcc/sysroot"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$WEBOS_PDK/include"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$WEBOS_PDK/include/SDL"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$WEBOS_PDK/device/usr/include"