diff --git a/packages/devel/ccache/package.mk b/packages/devel/ccache/package.mk
index 4c455acc7e..9559eeb6b0 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ccache/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/ccache/package.mk
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ configure_host() {
   # custom cmake build to override the LOCAL_CC/CXX
   cp ${CMAKE_CONF} cmake-ccache.conf
 
-  echo "SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   $CC)"  >> cmake-ccache.conf
-  echo "SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER $CXX)" >> cmake-ccache.conf
+  echo "SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   ${CC})"  >> cmake-ccache.conf
+  echo "SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${CXX})" >> cmake-ccache.conf
 
   cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake-ccache.conf \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${TOOLCHAIN} \