diff --git a/packages/compress/unrar/build b/packages/compress/unrar/build
index c077f71a7f..77f3130cb4 100755
--- a/packages/compress/unrar/build
+++ b/packages/compress/unrar/build
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $BUILD/$1
-make CC=$TARGET_CC \
-     RANLIB=$TARGET_RANLIB \
-     AR=$TARGET_AR \
-     STRIP=$TARGET_STRIP \
+make CXX="$TARGET_CXX" \
+     CXXFLAGS="$TARGET_CXXFLAGS" \
+     RANLIB="$TARGET_RANLIB" \
+     AR="$TARGET_AR" \
+     STRIP="$TARGET_STRIP" \
      -f makefile.unix
 
diff --git a/packages/compress/unrar/meta b/packages/compress/unrar/meta
index 81ae751de6..ba3de9b5b5 100644
--- a/packages/compress/unrar/meta
+++ b/packages/compress/unrar/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="unrar"
-PKG_VERSION="4.0.7"
+PKG_VERSION="4.2.4"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="free"