diff --git a/packages/addons/service/syncthing/package.mk b/packages/addons/service/syncthing/package.mk
index db065a679e..ee83fde1cb 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/syncthing/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/service/syncthing/package.mk
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ configure_target() {
   export CGO_ENABLED=1
   export CGO_NO_EMULATION=1
   export CGO_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
-  export LDFLAGS="-w -linkmode external -extldflags -Wl,--unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-shared-libs -extld $TARGET_CC -X main.Version=v$PKG_VERSION"
+  export LDFLAGS="-w -linkmode external -extldflags -Wl,--unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-shared-libs -extld $CC -X main.Version=v$PKG_VERSION"
   export GOLANG=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib/golang/bin/go
   export GOPATH=$ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/src/github.com/syncthing/syncthing:$ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/vendor:$ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/Godeps/_workspace
   export GOROOT=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib/golang