diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index f46e4dd0558da4582b38c75d4342456cceefd920..152d4d25ab7c273880992b1b868bd9707f8b7765 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ if grep -q '^CONFIG_MODULES=y' $KCONFIG_CONFIG ; then
 			for module in $(find lib/modules/ -name *.ko); do
 				mkdir -p $(dirname $dbg_dir/usr/lib/debug/$module)
 				# only keep debug symbols in the debug file
-				objcopy --only-keep-debug $module $dbg_dir/usr/lib/debug/$module
+				$OBJCOPY --only-keep-debug $module $dbg_dir/usr/lib/debug/$module
 				# strip original module from debug symbols
-				objcopy --strip-debug $module
+				$OBJCOPY --strip-debug $module
 				# then add a link to those
-				objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=$dbg_dir/usr/lib/debug/$module $module
+				$OBJCOPY --add-gnu-debuglink=$dbg_dir/usr/lib/debug/$module $module
 			done
 		)
 	fi