diff --git a/build.vars b/build.vars
index 71d5f1b..45add8b 100644
--- a/build.vars
+++ b/build.vars
@@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ export PATH="${PREFIX}/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}";
 : ${PKG_GCC_VERSION:=4.6.4};
 : ${PKG_GIT_SUBDIR:=git};
 : ${PKG_GIT_BUILD_DIR=${PKG_GIT_SUBDIR}};
+: ${PKG_GIT_AR=${HOST_NATIVE}-ar};
 : ${PKG_GIT_CC=${HOST_NATIVE}-gcc};
 : ${PKG_GIT_CFLAGS=-I. -I${PREFIX_LVL3}/include};
 : ${PKG_GIT_LDFLAGS=-L${PREFIX_LVL3}/lib};
 : ${PKG_GIT_MAKEFLAGS=NO_CURL=1 V=99};
 : ${PKG_GIT_GIT_ARGS_EXTRA:=--branch v2.7.1};
 : ${PKG_GIT_NO_CONFIGURE:=1};
+: ${PKG_GIT_RANLIB=${HOST_NATIVE}-ranlib};
 : ${PKG_GIT_URL:=https://github.com/git/git.git};
 : ${PKG_GIT_URL_TYPE:=git};
 : ${PKG_GMP_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--disable-assembly};