diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 660e2bb..3fc07d1 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ HOST_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX="${PREFIX_CROSS}";
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_LIBTOOL:=slibtool-static};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_PATCHES_EXTRA:="${BUILD_WORKDIR}/chainport/binutils-${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_VERSION}.midipix.patch"};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_PREFIX:=${PREFIX}};
+: ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE:=-I${PREFIX}/include};
+: ${PKG_BINUTILS_HOST_LDFLAGS_CONFIGURE:=-L${PREFIX}/lib};
 : ${PKG_GCC_STAGE1_HOST_VERSION:=4.6.4};
 : ${PKG_GCC_STAGE1_HOST_BASE_DIR:=${BUILD_WORKDIR}/gcc-host-${DEFAULT_TARGET}};
 : ${PKG_GCC_STAGE1_HOST_GITROOT:=${DEFAULT_GITROOT}};