diff --git a/arch/h8300/Makefile b/arch/h8300/Makefile
index f801f3708a89..ba0f26cfad61 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Makefile
+++ b/arch/h8300/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(ldflags-y)
 CHECKFLAGS += -msize-long
 
 ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
-CROSS_COMPILE := h8300-unknown-linux-
+CROSS_COMPILE := $(call cc-cross-prefix, h8300-unknown-linux- h8300-linux-)
 endif
 
 core-y	+= arch/$(ARCH)/kernel/ arch/$(ARCH)/mm/