diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2017a.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2017a.bb
index 0daac531fd..2c26744f33 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2017a.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tzcode/tzcode-native_2017a.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}"
 
 inherit native
 
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += "cc=${CC}"
+
 do_install () {
         install -d ${D}${bindir}/
         install -m 755 zic ${D}${bindir}/