diff --git a/main/gawk/APKBUILD b/main/gawk/APKBUILD
index fd7fe948266a0ba73d1029538c04d308ad5d359d..0734cdaff5c6088d3b382b3ea2b14ce995a281a9 100644
--- a/main/gawk/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/gawk/APKBUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ build() {
 	cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
 
 	./configure --prefix=/usr \
+		--build=${CBUILD} \
+		--host=${CHOST} \
 		--sysconfdir=/etc \
 		--mandir=/usr/share/man \
 		--infodir=/usr/share/info \