--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 dllib=@DLLIB@
 
 # For a cross compile these defines will need to be set accordingly.
-HOSTCC = @CC@
-HOSTCFLAGS = @WARNING_FLAGS@ @WARNING_FLAGS_CC@ @CFLAGS@
+HOSTCC = gcc
+HOSTCFLAGS = @WARNING_FLAGS@ @WARNING_FLAGS_CC@
 
 BUILDCC = @CC_FOR_BUILD@
 BUILDEXT = @BUILD_EXEEXT@
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 ifeq (@MINGW32@,yes)
 all: dosify$(BUILDEXT)
 dosify$(BUILDEXT): $(srcdir)/dosify.c
-	$(BUILDCC) $(CFLAGS) -o dosify$(BUILDEXT) $(srcdir)/dosify.c
+	$(BUILDCC) $(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) -o dosify$(BUILDEXT) $(srcdir)/dosify.c
 endif
 
 # This rule rules the compiler in the trivial hello.vl program to make
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 endif
 
 version.exe: $(srcdir)/version.c $(srcdir)/version_base.h version_tag.h
-	$(BUILDCC) $(CFLAGS) -o version.exe -I. -I$(srcdir) $(srcdir)/version.c
+	$(BUILDCC) $(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) -o version.exe -I. -I$(srcdir) $(srcdir)/version.c
 
 %.o: %.cc config.h
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) @DEPENDENCY_FLAG@ -c $< -o $*.o