diff --git a/board/actux3/config.mk b/board/actux3/config.mk
index dd1d8d3..88634f7 100644
--- a/board/actux3/config.mk
+++ b/board/actux3/config.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE = 0x00e00000
 
 # include NPE ethernet driver
-BOARDLIBS = arch/arm/cpu/ixp/npe/libnpe.a
+BOARDLIBS = arch/arm/cpu/ixp/npe/libnpe.o
 
 LDSCRIPT := $(SRCTREE)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/u-boot.lds