diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 68d1af0360..6cbebba1a6 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ HOST_OBJCOPY=objcopy
 HOST_STRIP=strip
 HOST_CPPFLAGS=""
 HOST_CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall -pipe -I$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/include"
+HOST_CXXFLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS"
 HOST_LDFLAGS="-L$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib"
 HOST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib/pkgconfig"