diff --git a/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-0.15-r4.ebuild b/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-0.15-r4.ebuild
index 329c701a49732..96ce05dabb125 100644
--- a/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-0.15-r4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-0.15-r4.ebuild
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ src_prepare() {
 src_compile() {
 	export LANG=C LC_ALL=C  # grep find nothing for non-ascii locales
 
-	tc-export PKG_CONFIG
+	local current_binutils_path=$(binutils-config -B)
+	export READELF="${current_binutils_path}/readelf"
+
+	tc-export PKG_CONFIG READELF
 
 	export LIBS="-lelf"
 	if use elibc_musl; then
diff --git a/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-0.15-r5.ebuild b/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-0.15-r5.ebuild
index 3e791fa62af79..6d6533ae4965e 100644
--- a/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-0.15-r5.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-0.15-r5.ebuild
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ src_prepare() {
 src_compile() {
 	export LANG=C LC_ALL=C  # grep find nothing for non-ascii locales
 
-	tc-export PKG_CONFIG
+	local current_binutils_path=$(binutils-config -B)
+	export READELF="${current_binutils_path}/readelf"
+
+	tc-export PKG_CONFIG READELF
 
 	export LIBS="-lelf"
 	if use elibc_musl; then
diff --git a/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-9999.ebuild b/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-9999.ebuild
index 2087550f34b40..4fee7e3d80aa8 100644
--- a/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/dwz/dwz-9999.ebuild
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ src_prepare() {
 src_compile() {
 	export LANG=C LC_ALL=C  # grep find nothing for non-ascii locales
 
-	tc-export PKG_CONFIG
+	local current_binutils_path=$(binutils-config -B)
+	export READELF="${current_binutils_path}/readelf"
+
+	tc-export PKG_CONFIG READELF
 
 	export LIBS="-lelf"
 	if use elibc_musl; then