diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
index 1b8f8273064..2e939ffdd5d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ do_configure() {
 do_build() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		# Build host utils.
-		make CC=cc CCLD=cc CFLAGS=-Os base/genarch base/genconf base/echogs
+		cp -f Makefile Makefile.orig
+		sed "/GCFLAGS/s,${CFLAGS},,g" -i Makefile
+		make CC=cc CCLD=cc base/genarch base/genconf base/echogs
+		mv -f Makefile.orig Makefile
 		mkdir -p obj/aux soobj/aux
 		cp base/{echogs,genarch,genconf} obj/aux
 		cp base/{echogs,genarch,genconf} soobj/aux