diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e4752e063..5814dfaed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ if(BUILD_NDPI)
         SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libnDPI
         DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND env
+            CC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+            CXX=false
+            PKG_CONFIG=${PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE}
             CFLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}
             LDFLAGS=${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS}
             CROSS_COMPILE_TRIPLET=${CROSS_COMPILE_TRIPLET}
diff --git a/scripts/get-and-build-libndpi.sh b/scripts/get-and-build-libndpi.sh
index 8b83ae988..39b775158 100755
--- a/scripts/get-and-build-libndpi.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-and-build-libndpi.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ flock -x -n 42 || {
 
 cat <<EOF
 ------ environment variables ------
+CC=${CC:-}
+CXX=${CXX:-}
+PKG_CONFIG=${PKG_CONFIG:-}
 CFLAGS=${CFLAGS:-}
 LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS:-}
 CROSS_COMPILE_TRIPLET=${CROSS_COMPILE_TRIPLET:-}