diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix
index 047a74f08409..9d57d4721820 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" ];
 
-  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" "CC=cc" ]
+  makeFlags = [
+    "prefix=$(out)"
+    "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
+    "AR=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ar"
+  ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-install_name,$(out)/lib/liblmdb.so";
 
   doCheck = true;