diff --git a/tools/iio/Makefile b/tools/iio/Makefile
index bf7ae6d6612a1b86948781c1f2cf9c575e3c54bf..3a7a54f59713809c7c8f2cda36461a07d55df191 100644
--- a/tools/iio/Makefile
+++ b/tools/iio/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-CC = gcc
-CFLAGS = -Wall -g -D_GNU_SOURCE
+CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+CFLAGS += -Wall -g -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
 all: iio_event_monitor lsiio generic_buffer