diff --git a/hostapd.changes b/hostapd.changes
index 001ea1c..bfae7fc 100644
--- a/hostapd.changes
+++ b/hostapd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 30 15:22:48 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use %__cc macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 16 12:02:37 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/hostapd.spec b/hostapd.spec
index 868efc4..044094d 100644
--- a/hostapd.spec
+++ b/hostapd.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Authors:
 cp defconfig .config
 
 %build
-CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" make  %{?_smp_mflags}
+CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CC="%{__cc}" make  %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_sbindir}