diff --git a/dos2unix.changes b/dos2unix.changes
index 6534042..5470406 100644
--- a/dos2unix.changes
+++ b/dos2unix.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 30 14:49:47 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use %__cc macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 18 17:17:12 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/dos2unix.spec b/dos2unix.spec
index ea416bb..21ae6b5 100644
--- a/dos2unix.spec
+++ b/dos2unix.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ find . -type f | xargs chmod -x
 
 %build
 export RPM_OPT_FLAGS
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+make %{?_smp_mflags} CC="%{__cc}"
 
 %install
 %makeinstall docdir=%{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}