diff --git a/dev-R/RInside/RInside-0.2.16.ebuild b/dev-R/RInside/RInside-0.2.16.ebuild
index affe18c6b9..9b93bcfffc 100644
--- a/dev-R/RInside/RInside-0.2.16.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/RInside/RInside-0.2.16.ebuild
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ DEPEND="
 	dev-R/Rcpp
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	tc-export AR
+	R-packages_src_prepare
+}