diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 23243a6aca..7c961ee548 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -238,6 +238,23 @@ if [ -f "${PKG_CONFIGURE_SCRIPT}" -o -f "${PKG_CMAKE_SCRIPT}" -o -f "${PKG_MESON
   MESON_CONF="${PKG_REAL_BUILD}/meson.conf"
 fi
 
+# create wrapper scripts in build dir and use them for CC/CXX when
+# building for host and local-cc build flag is set
+if [ "${TARGET}" = "host" ] && flag_enabled "local-cc" "no"; then
+  cat > libreelec-local-cc << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+exec ${CC} "\$@"
+EOF
+  chmod +x libreelec-local-cc
+  export CC=$(pwd)/libreelec-local-cc
+  cat > libreelec-local-cxx << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+exec ${CXX} "\$@"
+EOF
+  chmod +x libreelec-local-cxx
+  export CXX=$(pwd)/libreelec-local-cxx
+fi
+
 # configure
 if [ -n "${PKG_DEPENDS_CONFIG}" -a -n "${PKG_INSTALL}" ]; then
   for pkg in ${PKG_DEPENDS_CONFIG}; do