diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/p7zip/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/p7zip/package.mk
index 47d962c11d..97b5f35b08 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/p7zip/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/p7zip/package.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="p7zip is a port of 7za.exe for POSIX systems like Unix"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 make_target() {
-  make TARGET_CXX=$TARGET_CXX TARGET_CC=$TARGET_CC 7z 7za
+  make TARGET_CXX=$CXX TARGET_CC=$CC 7z 7za
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {