diff --git a/net-firewall/ipt_netflow/ipt_netflow-9999.ebuild b/net-firewall/ipt_netflow/ipt_netflow-9999.ebuild
index a40ff34ae21a4..6d8feeb6e0a26 100644
--- a/net-firewall/ipt_netflow/ipt_netflow-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/ipt_netflow/ipt_netflow-9999.ebuild
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 do_conf() {
+	tc-export CC
 	echo ./configure $*
 	./configure $* ${EXTRA_ECONF} || die 'configure failed'
 }