diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2-host/build b/packages/textproc/libxml2-host/build
index ec7244c390..7353c7701e 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2-host/build
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2-host/build
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ cd $BUILD/libxml2-*
 
 do_autoreconf
 mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
-../configure --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
+             --build=$HOST_NAME \
+             --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --disable-ipv6 \
              --with-python \
              --with-zlib