diff --git a/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/template b/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/template
index 7a810bf0a39..0d49d332713 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/template
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ do_build() {
 
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/lib/pkgconfig"
-		make CC="$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET-gcc" LD="$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET-ld" \
-			AR="$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET-ar" RANLIB="$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET-ranlib" \
-			PREFIX=/usr ${makejobs}
-	else
-		make PREFIX=/usr ${makejobs}
+		export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$XBPS_CROSS_BASE"
+		export CFLAGS="-I$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include/libnl3 $CFLAGS"
 	fi
+
+	make CC="$CC" LD="$LD" AR="$AR" RANLIB="$RANLIB" PREFIX=/usr ${makejobs}
 }
 
 do_install() {