diff --git a/net/uwsgi-cgi/Makefile b/net/uwsgi-cgi/Makefile
index 6d3804165..bd1f87458 100644
--- a/net/uwsgi-cgi/Makefile
+++ b/net/uwsgi-cgi/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ define Package/uwsgi-cgi
   SUBMENU:=Web Servers/Proxies
   TITLE:=The uWSGI server
   URL:=http://unbit.com/
-  DEPENDS:=+libopenssl +libpcre +jansson +libuuid +libxml2
+  DEPENDS:=+libcap +libopenssl +libpcre +jansson +libuuid +libxml2
 endef
 
 define Package/uwsgi-cgi-luci-support
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ define Package/uwsgi-cgi/description
 	The uWSGI project build with cgi profile
 endef
 
+MAKE_VARS+=\
+	CPP=$(TARGET_CROSS)cpp
+
 define Build/Compile
 	$(call Build/Compile/Default,PROFILE=cgi)
 endef
@@ -57,4 +60,4 @@ define Package/uwsgi-cgi-luci-support/install
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,uwsgi-cgi))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,uwsgi-cgi-luci-support))
\ No newline at end of file
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,uwsgi-cgi-luci-support))