diff --git a/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template b/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
index 1cc1847dadd..49d290446cd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://download.aircrack-ng.org/${pkgname}-${_aircrack_ver}-${_aircrack_rc}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d93ac16aade5b4d37ab8cdf6ce4b855835096ccf83deb65ffdeff6d666eaff36
 
-do_build() {
-	make CC=$CC sqlite=true libnl=true ${makejobs}
+post_extract() {
+	# detect our cross compilers
+	sed -i 's,\(mips-\* | arm-\*\),\1 | arm???-*,' autocfg
 }
+
+do_build() {
+	make CC=$CC CXX=$CXX sqlite=true libnl=true ${makejobs}
+}
+
 do_install() {
 	make prefix=/usr sbindir=/usr/bin DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} sqlite=true libnl=true install
 }