diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-golang.adoc b/docs/manual/adding-packages-golang.adoc
index aa25426591..6de0916a83 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-golang.adoc
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-golang.adoc
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ therefore only use a few of them, or none.
   infrastructure will automatically generate a minimal +go.mod+ file
   in the package source tree if it doesn't exist.
 
-* +FOO_LDFLAGS+ and +FOO_TAGS+ can be used to pass respectively the
-  +LDFLAGS+ or the +TAGS+ to the +go+ build command.
+* +FOO_LDFLAGS+, +FOO_EXTLDFLAGS+, and +FOO_TAGS+ can be used to pass
+  respectively the go +LDFLAGS+ (via the `-ldflags` command line flag),
+  the external linker flags +EXTLDFLAGS+ (via the `-extldflags`
+  command line flag), or the +TAGS+ to the +go+ build command.
 
 * +FOO_BUILD_TARGETS+ can be used to pass the list of targets that
   should be built. If +FOO_BUILD_TARGETS+ is not specified, it
diff --git a/package/pkg-golang.mk b/package/pkg-golang.mk
index 33cf9bfb1a..a3421af288 100644
--- a/package/pkg-golang.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-golang.mk
@@ -114,10 +114,14 @@ ifndef $(2)_BUILD_CMDS
 ifeq ($(4),target)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-$(2)_LDFLAGS += -extldflags '-static'
+$(2)_EXTLDFLAGS += -static
 $(2)_TAGS += osusergo netgo
 endif
 
+ifneq ($$($(2)_EXTLDFLAGS),)
+$(2)_LDFLAGS += -extldflags '$$($(2)_EXTLDFLAGS)'
+endif
+
 # Build package for target
 define $(2)_BUILD_CMDS
 	$$(foreach d,$$($(2)_BUILD_TARGETS),\