diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 939f4891b8..08ed070158 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set -e
 # include ARCH specific options
   . config/arch.$TARGET_ARCH
 
-HOST_NAME=`$SCRIPTS/configtools/config.guess`
+HOST_NAME=`$LOCAL_CC -dumpmachine`
 TARGET_NAME=$(echo $TARGET_SUBARCH | sed -e "s,-,,")-openelec-linux-gnu${TARGET_ABI}
 
 BUILD=$BUILD_BASE.$DISTRONAME-$PROJECT.$TARGET_ARCH-$OPENELEC_VERSION