diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index a54c1d1d06..496dfe8708 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2019, 2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2018-2023 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2018-2024 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020, 2021 Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Raghav Gururajan <raghavgururajan@disroot.org>
@@ -3102,6 +3102,7 @@ specification.")
                ;; package output.
                (mkdir-p lib)
                (setenv "OUTPUT_DIR" lib)
+               (setenv "CC" ,(cc-for-target))
                (with-directory-excursion "src"
                  (invoke "bash" "build.sh")))))
          (add-after 'install 'install-native