diff --git a/sys-cluster/libi/libi-5.0.1_p20180510.ebuild b/sys-cluster/libi/libi-5.0.1_p20180510.ebuild
index 5dd1063ba1..994f2cf4d3 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/libi/libi-5.0.1_p20180510.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/libi/libi-5.0.1_p20180510.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2019-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
 COMMIT="7375ba5bb0df87c68e58ad15e9e5e351ae020c08"
 
 DESCRIPTION="A framework for bootstrapping extreme scale software systems"
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ PATCHES=(
 )
 
 src_configure() {
+	tc-export AR
+
 	local myconf=(
 		--enable-shared
 		--with-launchmon="${EPREFIX}/usr"