diff --git a/common/build-style/qmake.sh b/common/build-style/qmake.sh
index 1966b6c4b53..ef8b87db730 100644
--- a/common/build-style/qmake.sh
+++ b/common/build-style/qmake.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	${qmake} ${configure_args} \
 		PREFIX=/usr \
 		LIB=/usr/lib \
-		QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX \
+		QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX QMAKE_LINK_C=$CC \
 		QMAKE_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 		QMAKE_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
 		QMAKE_LFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"