diff --git a/sys-apps/heirloom-tools/heirloom-tools-070715-r3.ebuild b/sys-apps/heirloom-tools/heirloom-tools-070715-r3.ebuild
index 2c6c2ef187610..1374a47e8583d 100644
--- a/sys-apps/heirloom-tools/heirloom-tools-070715-r3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/heirloom-tools/heirloom-tools-070715-r3.ebuild
@@ -34,10 +34,18 @@ PATCHES=(
 # slightly broken
 RESTRICT="test"
 
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	sed -i "s/\bar\b/$(tc-getAR)/g" libwchar/Makefile.mk || die
+}
+
 src_compile() {
 	append-cppflags -D_GNU_SOURCE
 	emake -j1 \
 		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+		AR="$(tc-getAR)" \
+		RANLIB="$(tc-getRANLIB)" \
 		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 		CFLAGS2="${CFLAGS}" \
 		CFLAGSS="${CFLAGS}" \