diff --git a/x11-terms/kterm/kterm-6.2.0-r7.ebuild b/x11-terms/kterm/kterm-6.2.0-r7.ebuild
index 82a0e0e0ef31b..5f674d0259b64 100644
--- a/x11-terms/kterm/kterm-6.2.0-r7.ebuild
+++ b/x11-terms/kterm/kterm-6.2.0-r7.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	!<games-board/xscrabble-2.10-r4"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
+	sys-devel/gcc
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	x11-misc/gccmakedep
 	>=x11-misc/imake-1.0.8-r1"
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	CC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)" LD="$(tc-getLD)" \
-		IMAKECPP="${IMAKECPP:-$(tc-getCPP)}" xmkmf -a || die
+		IMAKECPP="${IMAKECPP:-${CHOST}-gcc -E}" xmkmf -a || die
 }
 
 src_compile() {