diff --git a/libsemanage.changes b/libsemanage.changes
index 3c841b6..dfbabd1 100644
--- a/libsemanage.changes
+++ b/libsemanage.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  5 15:10:27 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use %__cc macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 22 13:14:39 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libsemanage.spec b/libsemanage.spec
index ae23fce..1a20875 100644
--- a/libsemanage.spec
+++ b/libsemanage.spec
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ needed for developing applications that manipulate binary policies.
 
 %build
 make clean
-make -j1 CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
-make -j1 CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" SHLIBDIR="%{_lib}" all
+make -j1 CFLAGS="%{optflags}" CC="%{__cc}"
+make -j1 CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" SHLIBDIR="%{_lib}" CC="%{__cc}" all
 
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_lib}