diff --git a/libaio.changes b/libaio.changes
index 7c2d68a..ac2f8ea 100644
--- a/libaio.changes
+++ b/libaio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  5 12:13:40 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use %__cc macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 30 12:36:33 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libaio.spec b/libaio.spec
index 0d3ea64..b1b6711 100644
--- a/libaio.spec
+++ b/libaio.spec
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ with, for the Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility ("async I/O", or
 %patch -p1 -P 3 -P 4 -P 5 -P 6 -P 7
 
 %build
-make %{?_smp_mflags} OPTFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+make %{?_smp_mflags} CC="%__cc" OPTFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 
 %install
 make install prefix=%{buildroot}/usr libdir=%{buildroot}/%{_lib}