diff --git a/adolc.changes b/adolc.changes
index 4ac320a..7f27306 100644
--- a/adolc.changes
+++ b/adolc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  5 12:04:37 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use %__cc, %__cxx macros
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 16 19:07:38 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/adolc.spec b/adolc.spec
index 8c8858c..7ed4c81 100644
--- a/adolc.spec
+++ b/adolc.spec
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ popd
 
 %build
 pushd ThirdParty/ColPack
-make %{_smp_mflags} EXTRA_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CXXFLAGS+="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+make %{_smp_mflags} EXTRA_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" \
+  CXXFLAGS+="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" \
+  CC_COMPILER="%__cxx" \
+  CC_LINKER="%__cxx" \
+  CXX="%__cxx"
 popd
 autoreconf -v --install --force
 %configure --prefix=/usr