diff --git a/acct.changes b/acct.changes
index 9c670c1..8ea97ff 100644
--- a/acct.changes
+++ b/acct.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  4 10:37:43 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use %__cc, %__cxx macros
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 30 20:07:39 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/acct.spec b/acct.spec
index 41c62bc..29d8031 100644
--- a/acct.spec
+++ b/acct.spec
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ./configure \
                                                   --prefix=%{prefix} \
                                                   --infodir=%{_infodir} \
                                                   --sysconfdir=%{sysconfdir}
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+make %{?_smp_mflags} CC="%{__cc}" CXX="%{__cxx}" 
 
 %install
-make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
+make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install CC="%{__cc}" CXX="%{__cxx}"
 install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/{init.d,logrotate.d}
 install -m 755 %{S:1}  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/acct
 install -m 644 %{S:2}  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/logrotate.d/acct