diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index 3adc1d4e16..128cf8421d 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ endif
 # Propagate options used for target software building to GCC target libs
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$(GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CFLAGS)"
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV += CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$(GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CXXFLAGS)"
+HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV += AR_FOR_TARGET=gcc-ar NM_FOR_TARGET=gcc-nm RANLIB_FOR_TARGET=gcc-ranlib
 
 # libitm needs sparc V9+
 ifeq ($(BR2_sparc_v8)$(BR2_sparc_leon3),y)