diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql-hosttools/build b/packages/databases/mysql-hosttools/build
index 9c07c08caf..916ba780af 100755
--- a/packages/databases/mysql-hosttools/build
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql-hosttools/build
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ setup_toolchain host
 cd $BUILD/mysql*
 do_autoreconf
 mkdir -p .objdir-host && cd .objdir-host
-../configure --prefix=/usr \
+../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
+             --build=$HOST_NAME \
+             --prefix=/usr \
              --sysconfdir=/etc \
              --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
              --localstatedir=/var/mysql \