diff --git a/src/drivers/drivers.mak b/src/drivers/drivers.mak
index c0c2c3358..4a98f0582 100644
--- a/src/drivers/drivers.mak
+++ b/src/drivers/drivers.mak
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ NEED_AP_MLME=y
 NEED_NETLINK=y
 NEED_LINUX_IOCTL=y
 NEED_RFKILL=y
+ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
+DRV_LIBS += -lnl-tiny
+else
 DRV_LIBS += -lnl
+endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL20
 DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl