--- a/components/zip/Makefile	Thu Jul 28 05:42:15 2011 -0700
+++ b/components/zip/Makefile	Thu Jul 28 09:22:58 2011 -0700
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 # The Makefile we want is under unix/Makefile
 COMPONENT_BUILD_ARGS += -f unix/Makefile
-COMPONENT_BUILD_TARGETS += generic
+COMPONENT_BUILD_TARGETS += generic CC=$(CC)
 COMPONENT_INSTALL_ARGS += -f unix/Makefile
 
 # This doesn't respect DESTDIR, so overload BINDIR and MANDIR when we install.