diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
index 510e2a9..fdb2239 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 #
 
 NAME  := glew32
-CC    := i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
-LD    := i586-mingw32msvc-ld
+HOST  := i586-mingw32msvc
+CC    := $(HOST)-gcc
+LD    := $(HOST)-ld
 LN    :=
 STRIP :=
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
index 65c1949..0e19f6c 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 #
 
 NAME  := glew32
-CC    := i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
-LD    := i686-w64-mingw32-ld
+HOST  := i686-w64-mingw32
+CC    := $(HOST)-gcc
+LD    := $(HOST)-ld
 LN    :=
 STRIP :=
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32