diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
index ef2367a702..e77c90176d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ do_configure_prepend () {
 
 # mksigname/mksiglist are used on build host to generate source files
 do_compile_prepend () {
-	oe_runmake SSP_CFLAGS="" SSP_LDFLAGS="" CC=$BUILD_CC CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" CPPFLAGS="$BUILD_CPPFLAGS -I${S}/include -I${S} -I${B}"  -C compat mksigname mksiglist
+	oe_runmake SSP_CFLAGS="" SSP_LDFLAGS="" CC="$BUILD_CC" CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" CPPFLAGS="$BUILD_CPPFLAGS -I${S}/include -I${S} -I${B}"  -C compat mksigname mksiglist
 }
 
 # Explicitly create ${localstatedir}/lib before do_install to ensure