diff --git a/meta/classes-global/package_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/package_ipk.bbclass
index b4b7bc9ac2..a0f106e4ad 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/package_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/package_ipk.bbclass
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ IPKGCONF_SDK_TARGET = "${WORKDIR}/opkg-sdk-target.conf"
 PKGWRITEDIRIPK = "${WORKDIR}/deploy-ipks"
 
 # Program to be used to build opkg packages
-OPKGBUILDCMD ??= 'opkg-build -Z xz -a "${XZ_DEFAULTS}"'
+OPKGBUILDCMD ??= 'opkg-build -Z xz -a "${XZ_DEFAULTS}" ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'acl', '-A', '', d)} ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xattr', '-X', '', d)}'
 
 OPKG_ARGS += "--force_postinstall --prefer-arch-to-version"
 OPKG_ARGS += "${@['', '--no-install-recommends'][d.getVar("NO_RECOMMENDATIONS") == "1"]}"