diff --git a/base/netbsd-curses/build.sh b/base/netbsd-curses/build.sh
index 49f5141..27f993b 100644
--- a/base/netbsd-curses/build.sh
+++ b/base/netbsd-curses/build.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fetch() {
 
 build() {
 	cd $pkgname-$pkgver
-	bad --gmake gmake PREFIX=/usr CROSSCOMPILING=1 LDFLAGS_HOST= CFLAGS_HOST=
+	bad --gmake gmake PREFIX=/usr HOSTCC=cc CROSSCOMPILING=1 LDFLAGS_HOST= CFLAGS_HOST=
 }
 
 package() {