diff --git a/packages/textproc/expat-host/build b/packages/textproc/expat-host/build
index ae4afcd574..debe573ccd 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/expat-host/build
+++ b/packages/textproc/expat-host/build
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ cd $BUILD/expat-*
 do_autoreconf -I conftools
 
 mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
-../configure --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
+             --build=$HOST_NAME \
+             --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --enable-shared \
              --disable-static \