diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
index e5d24240f6..7c4dee6cbb 100644
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host bison:host flex:host openssl:host pkg-config:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Das U-Boot is a cross-platform bootloader for embedded systems."
 
 make_host() {
-  make qemu-x86_64_defconfig
+  make qemu-x86_64_defconfig HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}"
   make tools-only HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}"
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk b/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
index a6eadbde04..5d2bcca45d 100644
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ make_target() {
     [ "${BUILD_WITH_DEBUG}" = "yes" ] && PKG_DEBUG=1 || PKG_DEBUG=0
     DEBUG=${PKG_DEBUG} CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX}" LDFLAGS="" ARCH=arm make mrproper
     [ -n "${UBOOT_FIRMWARE}" ] && find_file_path bootloader/firmware && . ${FOUND_PATH}
-    DEBUG=${PKG_DEBUG} CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX}" LDFLAGS="" ARCH=arm make $(${ROOT}/${SCRIPTS}/uboot_helper ${PROJECT} ${DEVICE} ${UBOOT_SYSTEM} config)
+    DEBUG=${PKG_DEBUG} CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX}" LDFLAGS="" ARCH=arm make HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}" $(${ROOT}/${SCRIPTS}/uboot_helper ${PROJECT} ${DEVICE} ${UBOOT_SYSTEM} config)
     DEBUG=${PKG_DEBUG} CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX}" LDFLAGS="" ARCH=arm _python_sysroot="${TOOLCHAIN}" _python_prefix=/ _python_exec_prefix=/ make ${UBOOT_TARGET} HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}" HOSTSTRIP="true" CONFIG_MKIMAGE_DTC_PATH="scripts/dtc/dtc"
   fi
 }