diff --git a/srcpkgs/tcsh/template b/srcpkgs/tcsh/template
index 7cb220cfa1f..cdce6b117bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tcsh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tcsh/template
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ checksum=12e271e0b89e4259d9d6e8d525322e77340e7244cfbd199a591e5f8146285c49
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i '/define BSDWAIT/d' sh.proc.c
 }
+pre_build() {
+	make CC_FOR_GETHOST="${BUILD_CC}" CFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}" gethost
+}
 post_install() {
 	vconf ${FILESDIR}/csh.login
 	vconf ${FILESDIR}/csh.cshrc