diff --git a/app-text/discount/discount-2.2.6.ebuild b/app-text/discount/discount-2.2.6.ebuild
index 5188f84a09a9f..9e5705492517e 100644
--- a/app-text/discount/discount-2.2.6.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/discount/discount-2.2.6.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		--debian-glitch
 	)
 	einfo "Running ${configure_call[@]}"
-	CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+	CC="$(tc-getCC)" AR="$(tc-getAR)" \
 	"${configure_call[@]}" || die
 }