diff --git a/mdadm.changes b/mdadm.changes
index 2de1c20..ddb4e33 100644
--- a/mdadm.changes
+++ b/mdadm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 30 15:35:39 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use %__cc macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 18 06:30:45 UTC 2011 - nfbrown@novell.com
 
diff --git a/mdadm.spec b/mdadm.spec
index 8019d3d..d65f4a8 100644
--- a/mdadm.spec
+++ b/mdadm.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Authors:
 
 %build
 %{suse_update_config -f}
-make %{?_smp_mflags} CXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wno-error"
+make %{?_smp_mflags} CC="%__cc" CXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wno-error"
 cd Software-RAID.HOWTO
 sgml2html Software-RAID.HOWTO.sgml
 sgml2txt Software-RAID.HOWTO.sgml