diff --git a/images/base-linux64/Dockerfile b/images/base-linux64/Dockerfile
index 5b86090..c81a27f 100644
--- a/images/base-linux64/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/base-linux64/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ ENV PATH="/opt/ct-ng/bin:${PATH}" \
     FFBUILD_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN=/toolchain.cmake \
     PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config \
     PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/opt/ffbuild/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ffbuild/share/pkgconfig \
+    CC="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc" \
+    CXX="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-g++" \
+    LD="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-ld" \
+    AR="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-ar" \
+    RANLIB="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-ranlib" \
+    NM="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-nm" \
     CFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -I/opt/ffbuild/include -O2 -pipe -fPIC -DPIC -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong -pthread" \
     CXXFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -I/opt/ffbuild/include -O2 -pipe -fPIC -DPIC -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong -pthread" \
     LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -L/opt/ffbuild/lib -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now -pthread -lm" \
diff --git a/images/base-linuxarm64/Dockerfile b/images/base-linuxarm64/Dockerfile
index 8e3f555..8e786b1 100644
--- a/images/base-linuxarm64/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/base-linuxarm64/Dockerfile
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ ENV PATH="/opt/ct-ng/bin:${PATH}" \
     FFBUILD_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN=/toolchain.cmake \
     PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config \
     PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/opt/ffbuild/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ffbuild/share/pkgconfig \
+    CC="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc" \
+    CXX="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-g++" \
+    LD="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-ld" \
+    AR="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-ar" \
+    RANLIB="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-ranlib" \
+    NM="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-nm" \
     CFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -I/opt/ffbuild/include -O2 -pipe -fPIC -DPIC -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong -pthread" \
     CXXFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -I/opt/ffbuild/include -O2 -pipe -fPIC -DPIC -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong -pthread" \
     LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -L/opt/ffbuild/lib -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now -pthread -lm" \
diff --git a/images/base-win32/Dockerfile b/images/base-win32/Dockerfile
index b7415a4..01105ef 100644
--- a/images/base-win32/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/base-win32/Dockerfile
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ ENV PATH="/opt/ct-ng/bin:${PATH}" \
     FFBUILD_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN=/toolchain.cmake \
     PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config \
     PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/opt/ffbuild/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ffbuild/share/pkgconfig \
+    CC="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc" \
+    CXX="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-g++" \
+    LD="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-ld" \
+    AR="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-ar" \
+    RANLIB="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-ranlib" \
+    NM="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-nm" \
+    DLLTOOL="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-dlltool" \
     CFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -I/opt/ffbuild/include -O2 -pipe -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong" \
     CXXFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -I/opt/ffbuild/include -O2 -pipe -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong" \
     LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -L/opt/ffbuild/lib -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong" \
-    DLLTOOL="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-dlltool" \
     STAGE_CFLAGS="-fno-semantic-interposition" \
     STAGE_CXXFLAGS="-fno-semantic-interposition"
diff --git a/images/base-win64/Dockerfile b/images/base-win64/Dockerfile
index 3031e89..5966a0c 100644
--- a/images/base-win64/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/base-win64/Dockerfile
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ ENV PATH="/opt/ct-ng/bin:${PATH}" \
     FFBUILD_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN=/toolchain.cmake \
     PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config \
     PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/opt/ffbuild/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/ffbuild/share/pkgconfig \
+    CC="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc" \
+    CXX="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-g++" \
+    LD="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-ld" \
+    AR="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-ar" \
+    RANLIB="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-ranlib" \
+    NM="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-gcc-nm" \
+    DLLTOOL="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-dlltool" \
     CFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -I/opt/ffbuild/include -O2 -pipe -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong" \
     CXXFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -I/opt/ffbuild/include -O2 -pipe -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong" \
     LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -L/opt/ffbuild/lib -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong" \
-    DLLTOOL="${FFBUILD_TOOLCHAIN}-dlltool" \
     STAGE_CFLAGS="-fno-semantic-interposition" \
     STAGE_CXXFLAGS="-fno-semantic-interposition"
diff --git a/scripts.d/25-openssl.sh b/scripts.d/25-openssl.sh
index 02b5e2b..a7bc599 100755
--- a/scripts.d/25-openssl.sh
+++ b/scripts.d/25-openssl.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ ffbuild_dockerbuild() {
     export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
     export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
 
+    # OpenSSL build system prepends the cross prefix itself
+    export CC="gcc"
+    export CXX="g++"
+    export AR="gcc-ar"
+    export RANLIB="gcc-ranlib"
+
     ./Configure "${myconf[@]}"
 
     sed -i -e "/^CFLAGS=/s|=.*|=${CFLAGS}|" -e "/^LDFLAGS=/s|=[[:space:]]*$|=${LDFLAGS}|" Makefile