diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
index e5d24240f6..7c4dee6cbb 100644
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host bison:host flex:host openssl:host pkg-config:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Das U-Boot is a cross-platform bootloader for embedded systems."
 
 make_host() {
-  make qemu-x86_64_defconfig
+  make qemu-x86_64_defconfig HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}"
   make tools-only HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}"
 }