diff --git a/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.3.2.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.3.2.ebuild
index 2beb460e554d0..f093d97c80402 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.3.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.3.2.ebuild
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
+inherit toolchain-funcs
 
 DESCRIPTION="C library for the MaxMind DB file format"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ DOCS=( Changes.md )
 
 src_configure() {
 	econf $(use_enable static-libs static)
+	tc-export AR CC
 }
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.4.2.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.4.2.ebuild
index e43296f2809d9..92c3e272b6dda 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.4.2.ebuild
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
+inherit toolchain-funcs
 
 DESCRIPTION="C library for the MaxMind DB file format"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ DOCS=( Changes.md )
 
 src_configure() {
 	econf $(use_enable static-libs static)
+	tc-export AR CC
 }
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.4.3.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.4.3.ebuild
index 386556e699be5..3e02e09d373c8 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.4.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-1.4.3.ebuild
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
+inherit toolchain-funcs
 
 DESCRIPTION="C library for the MaxMind DB file format"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ DOCS=( Changes.md )
 
 src_configure() {
 	econf $(use_enable static-libs static)
+	tc-export AR CC
 }
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-99999.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-99999.ebuild
index 0162cffa49fd4..307904ee7c42f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-99999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-99999.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
-inherit autotools git-r3
+inherit autotools git-r3 toolchain-funcs
 
 DESCRIPTION="C library for the MaxMind DB file format"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb"
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	econf $(use_enable static-libs static)
+	tc-export AR CC
 }
 
 src_install() {