diff --git a/packages/other/libIDL-host/build b/packages/other/libIDL-host/build
index e6b2a2e2d7..e3ce55cf26 100755
--- a/packages/other/libIDL-host/build
+++ b/packages/other/libIDL-host/build
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ cd $BUILD/libIDL*
 mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
 
 libIDL_cv_long_long_format=ll \
-../configure --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN
+../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
+             --build=$HOST_NAME \
+             --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN
 
 $SED "s:pkg-config :PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH $PKG_CONFIG :" libIDL-config-2