diff --git a/gmp.spec b/gmp.spec
index b35b0bc..921bdc9 100644
--- a/gmp.spec
+++ b/gmp.spec
@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ huge numbers (integer and floating point).
 %endif
 
 %build
-cat /proc/cpuinfo
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fexceptions"
-# Do not use %%configure here, that will break build on SLE11
+# Do not use %%configure here, that will break build on SLE11 because
+# there we pass a mismatched --target
 ./configure \
+	--host=%{_host} --build=%{_build} \
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} \
 	--libdir=%{_libdir} \
         --enable-cxx \