--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2924,9 +2924,9 @@ AC_OUTPUT
 
 ${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.acbak2
 if test "${ac_cv_path_CMP}" = ":"; then
-	( cd "`pwd`/menuselect" && ./configure )
+	( cd "`pwd`/menuselect" && CC="${BUILD_CC:-$CC}" CXX= LD= AR= RANLIB= CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$BUILD_LDFLAGS" ./configure )
 elif ${ac_cv_path_CMP} -s makeopts.acbak makeopts.acbak2; then : ; else
-	( cd "`pwd`/menuselect" && ./configure )
+	( cd "`pwd`/menuselect" && CC="${BUILD_CC:-$CC}" CXX= LD= AR= RANLIB= CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$BUILD_LDFLAGS" ./configure )
 fi
 
 rm makeopts.acbak makeopts.acbak2
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -49893,9 +49893,9 @@ fi
 
 ${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.acbak2
 if test "${ac_cv_path_CMP}" = ":"; then
-	( cd "`pwd`/menuselect" && ./configure )
+	( cd "`pwd`/menuselect" && CC="${BUILD_CC:-$CC}" CXX= LD= AR= RANLIB= CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$BUILD_LDFLAGS" ./configure )
 elif ${ac_cv_path_CMP} -s makeopts.acbak makeopts.acbak2; then : ; else
-	( cd "`pwd`/menuselect" && ./configure )
+	( cd "`pwd`/menuselect" && CC="${BUILD_CC:-$CC}" CXX= LD= AR= RANLIB= CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$BUILD_LDFLAGS" ./configure )
 fi
 
 rm makeopts.acbak makeopts.acbak2