diff --git a/package/kexec-tools/Makefile b/package/kexec-tools/Makefile
index 910b6a25ae..3f6137d3da 100644
--- a/package/kexec-tools/Makefile
+++ b/package/kexec-tools/Makefile
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ define Package/kexec-tools/config
 	source "$(SOURCE)/kexec-config.in"
 endef
 
+KEXEC_TARGET_NAME:=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_KEXEC_TOOLS_TARGET_NAME))-linux-$(TARGET_SUFFIX)
+
 CONFIGURE_ARGS = \
-		--target=$(CONFIG_KEXEC_TOOLS_TARGET_NAME)-linux-$(TARGET_SUFFIX) \
-		--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)-uclibc \
+		--target=$(KEXEC_TARGET_NAME) \
+		--host=$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
 		--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
 		--program-prefix="" \
 		--program-suffix="" \