diff --git a/packages/security/nettle/package.mk b/packages/security/nettle/package.mk
index 82a581df51..2c98d5887e 100644
--- a/packages/security/nettle/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/nettle/package.mk
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily i
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-openssl"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-openssl CC_FOR_BUILD=$HOST_CC"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
 # dont build parallel
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ pre_configure_target() {
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}