diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus-host/build b/packages/sysutils/dbus-host/build
index ac2bc566b6..745a2878f8 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus-host/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus-host/build
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ cd $DBUS_DIR
 do_autoreconf
 
 mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
-../configure --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
+             --build=$HOST_NAME \
+             --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --sysconfdir=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/etc \
              --disable-tests \
              --disable-xml-docs \