diff --git a/extra/libvpx/build b/extra/libvpx/build
index 09a66b12..f055b6e3 100755
--- a/extra/libvpx/build
+++ b/extra/libvpx/build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+export CC=${CC:-cc} CXX=${CXX:-c++}
+
 patch -p1 < fix-busybox-diff.patch
 
 # Remove the perl requirement from configure
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ sed -i 's/perl/:/g' configure
 
 ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
+    --target=x86_64-linux-gcc \
     --enable-vp8 \
     --enable-vp9 \
     --enable-experimental \