diff --git a/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk b/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk
index 2fa7bdc6a4..a215fc4d0a 100644
--- a/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pre_make_target() {
 }
 
 make_target() {
-  make -f Makefile-libbz2_so CC=$TARGET_CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
+  make -f Makefile-libbz2_so CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
 }
 
 post_make_target() {