diff --git a/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
index 1ba47c1..0d69dbd 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
+++ b/tools/fiptool/plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/plat_fiptool.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 HOSTCCFLAGS += -DPLAT_DEF_FIP_UUID
 
 ${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.o: plat_fiptool/st/stm32mp1/${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.c
-	${HOSTCC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
+	$(host-cc) -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
 PLAT_OBJECTS += ${PLAT_DEF_UUID_FILE_NAME}.o
 endif