diff --git a/3rdparty/Makefile b/3rdparty/Makefile
index d0b16354..09e188cf 100644
--- a/3rdparty/Makefile
+++ b/3rdparty/Makefile
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ $(PREFIX)/lib/libfreetype.a:	$(FREETYPE)/.ok
 	$(MKDIR) $(FREETYPE)/build$(PLATFORMDIR)
 	cd $(FREETYPE)/build$(PLATFORMDIR) && ../configure --build=$(BUILD) --host=$(HOST) \
 	  --prefix=$(PREFIX) --enable-freetype-config \
-	  PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$(PREFIX)/lib/pkgconfig LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)"
+	  PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$(PREFIX)/lib/pkgconfig CC="$(CC) $(LDFLAGS)"
 	cd $(FREETYPE)/build$(PLATFORMDIR) && $(MAKE) && $(MAKE) install
 ifdef WIN32
 	$(MKDIR) ../bin && for f in $(PREFIX)/bin/libfreetype*.dll ; do \