diff --git a/base-foc/src/kernel/target.inc b/base-foc/src/kernel/target.inc
index 62dd563b3..edffb9ba9 100644
--- a/base-foc/src/kernel/target.inc
+++ b/base-foc/src/kernel/target.inc
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ STARTUP_LIB   =
 $(TARGET): $(FIASCO)
 
 $(FOC_BUILD_DIR):
-	$(VERBOSE_MK) MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) SYSTEM_TARGET="$(CROSS_DEV_PREFIX)" \
-                                     $(VERBOSE_DIR) -C $(FIASCO_SRC) BUILDDIR=$@
+	$(VERBOSE_MK) $(MAKE) SYSTEM_TARGET="$(CROSS_DEV_PREFIX)" \
+                          $(VERBOSE_DIR) -C $(FIASCO_SRC) BUILDDIR=$@
 	$(VERBOSE)cp $(KERNEL_CONFIG) $@/globalconfig.out
 
 $(FIASCO): $(FOC_BUILD_DIR)
-	$(VERBOSE_MK) MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) SYSTEM_TARGET="$(CROSS_DEV_PREFIX)" \
-                                     $(VERBOSE_DIR) -C $(FOC_BUILD_DIR)
+	$(VERBOSE_MK) $(MAKE) SYSTEM_TARGET="$(CROSS_DEV_PREFIX)" \
+                          CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" \
+                          $(VERBOSE_DIR) -C $(FOC_BUILD_DIR)
 	$(VERBOSE)ln -sf $@ $(BUILD_BASE_DIR)/bin/$(TARGET)
 
 clean cleanall:
diff --git a/ports-foc/mk/l4lx.mk b/ports-foc/mk/l4lx.mk
index c3e0dee63..490f92be9 100644
--- a/ports-foc/mk/l4lx.mk
+++ b/ports-foc/mk/l4lx.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ $(L4LX_BINARY): $(L4LX_CONFIG)
 	               -C $(REP_DIR)/contrib/$(LX_TARGET) \
 	               O=$(L4LX_BUILD) \
 	               CROSS_COMPILE="$(CROSS_DEV_PREFIX)" \
+	               CC="$(CC)" \
 	               KBUILD_VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE_LX_MK) \
 	               V=$(VERBOSE_LX_MK) \
 	               GENODE_INCLUDES="$(addprefix -I,$(INC_DIR))" \