diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template
index 3e012a2bd2..f9b304971b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ _gmp_build() {
 	cp -f ${XBPS_CROSSPFDIR}/config.sub ../gmp-${_gmp_ver}/configfsf.sub
 
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		i686*) _abi="ABI=32";;
+		i686*) _abi="env ABI=32";;
 	esac
 	${_abi} ../gmp-${_gmp_ver}/configure --prefix=${wrksrc}/buildtmp \
 		--disable-shared --enable-static "$@"