diff --git a/partimage/PKGBUILD b/partimage/PKGBUILD
index 02fdb0fc64..4343db848b 100644
--- a/partimage/PKGBUILD
+++ b/partimage/PKGBUILD
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ build() {
 
   ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
+    --build=${CHOST} \
     --sysconfdir=/etc \
     --sbindir=/usr/bin \
     --enable-pam