diff --git a/cmake/luajit.cmake b/cmake/luajit.cmake
index 06ac79d6a16d1737c3e259c8eceb6bb0e7052d87..39b32410589bec01ba17b45bcc70fd9b1eff6f37 100644
--- a/cmake/luajit.cmake
+++ b/cmake/luajit.cmake
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ macro(luajit_build)
         CFLAGS=""
         CXXFLAGS=""
         XCFLAGS="${luajit_xcflags}"
+        CC="${luajit_host_cc}"
         HOST_CC="${luajit_host_cc}"
         TARGET_CC="${luajit_target_cc}"
         CCOPT="${luajit_copt}")