diff --git a/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/build b/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/build
index d6243434eb..7be853c6f2 100755
--- a/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/build
+++ b/packages/x11-fonts/fontconfig/build
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --without-add-fonts \
             --disable-dependency-tracking \
             --disable-docs
+
+for m in fc-case fc-glyphname fc-lang fc-arch; do
+  sed -i "s|LDFLAGS =.*|LDFLAGS =|" $m/Makefile
+  sed -i "s|CFLAGS =.*|CFLAGS =${HOST_CFLAGS}|" $m/Makefile
+done
+
 $MAKE
 
 $MAKEINSTALL