diff --git a/src/amalgamation.nix b/src/amalgamation.nix
index ee0417b..69aaf01 100644
--- a/src/amalgamation.nix
+++ b/src/amalgamation.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.concatStringsSep " " featureFlags;
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = lib.optionalString features.ENABLE_FTS5 "-lm";
+  env.CC_FOR_BUILD = "${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc";
 
   makeFlags = [ "sqlite3.c" "sqlite3.h" ];
 
diff --git a/src/sqlite-cli.nix b/src/sqlite-cli.nix
index c17572c..6ff5200 100644
--- a/src/sqlite-cli.nix
+++ b/src/sqlite-cli.nix
@@ -67,4 +67,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = lib.optionalString features.ENABLE_FTS5 "-lm";
   env.NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.concatStringsSep " " (if coreInitExt == null then [ ] else coreInitExt.passthru.extraLDFLAGS);
+  env.CC_FOR_BUILD = "${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc";
 })
diff --git a/src/sqlite.nix b/src/sqlite.nix
index 1d3348a..4791f79 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.nix
+++ b/src/sqlite.nix
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = lib.optionalString features.ENABLE_FTS5 "-lm";
   env.NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.concatStringsSep " " (if coreInitExt == null then [ ] else coreInitExt.passthru.extraLDFLAGS);
+  env.CC_FOR_BUILD = "${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc";
 })