diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/yasm/yasm_1.3.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/yasm/yasm_1.3.0.bb
index 78702ed20b..31af1e287e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/yasm/yasm_1.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/yasm/yasm_1.3.0.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/${BP}.tar.gz"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "fc9e586751ff789b34b1f21d572d96af"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "3dce6601b495f5b3d45b59f7d2492a340ee7e84b5beca17e48f862502bd5603f"
 
+export CCLD_FOR_BUILD = "${CC_FOR_BUILD}"
+
 inherit autotools gettext
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"