diff --git a/modules/kexec b/modules/kexec
index c0eb9af1..07aead81 100644
--- a/modules/kexec
+++ b/modules/kexec
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ kexec_hash := cc7b60dad0da202004048a6179d8a53606943062dd627a2edba45a8ea3a85135
 kexec_configure := ./configure \
 	CC="$(heads_cc)" \
 	STRIP="$(CROSS)strip" \
+	AR="$(CROSS)ar" \
 	--host i386-elf-linux \
 	--target x86_64 \
 	--prefix="/" \