diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
index aefdac787c..64b9dd267b 100644
--- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
@@ -2065,10 +2065,10 @@ def CalculateMakefilePath(build_file, base_name):
     'AR.target':   GetEnvironFallback(('AR_target', 'AR'), '$(AR)'),
     'CXX.target':  GetEnvironFallback(('CXX_target', 'CXX'), '$(CXX)'),
     'LINK.target': GetEnvironFallback(('LINK_target', 'LINK'), '$(LINK)'),
-    'CC.host':     GetEnvironFallback(('CC_host',), 'gcc'),
-    'AR.host':     GetEnvironFallback(('AR_host',), 'ar'),
-    'CXX.host':    GetEnvironFallback(('CXX_host',), 'g++'),
-    'LINK.host':   GetEnvironFallback(('LINK_host',), '$(CXX.host)'),
+    'CC.host':     GetEnvironFallback(('CC_host', 'CC'), 'gcc'),
+    'AR.host':     GetEnvironFallback(('AR_host', 'AR'), 'ar'),
+    'CXX.host':    GetEnvironFallback(('CXX_host', 'CXX'), 'g++'),
+    'LINK.host':   GetEnvironFallback(('LINK_host', 'LINK'), '$(CXX.host)'),
   })
 
   build_file, _, _ = gyp.common.ParseQualifiedTarget(target_list[0])