diff --git a/srcpkgs/tinyxml/template b/srcpkgs/tinyxml/template
index 5dad39d6f9..c4e8f47643 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tinyxml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tinyxml/template
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ do_build() {
 		-e '/^TINYXML_USE_STL/ s|=.*|=YES|' \
 		 -e "s|^RELEASE_CFLAGS.*|& ${CXXFLAGS} -fPIC|" Makefile
 
-	make ${makejobs}
-	g++ -fPIC ${CXXFLAGS} -shared -o lib${sourcepkg}.so.0.${version} \
+	make CXX="$CXX" CC="$CC" LD="$CXX" ${makejobs}
+	${CXX} -fPIC ${CXXFLAGS} -shared -o lib${sourcepkg}.so.0.${version} \
 		-Wl,-soname,lib${sourcepkg}.so.0 $(ls *.o | grep -v xmltest)
 }