diff --git a/dev-lua/cqueues/cqueues-20200726.ebuild b/dev-lua/cqueues/cqueues-20200726.ebuild
index d6caa4f840..4cd068753f 100644
--- a/dev-lua/cqueues/cqueues-20200726.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lua/cqueues/cqueues-20200726.ebuild
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ lua_src_compile() {
 	fi
 
 	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+		AR="$(tc-getAR)" \
+		RANLIB="$(tc-getRANLIB)" \
 		ALL_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -std=gnu99 -fPIC $(lua_get_CFLAGS)" \
 		ALL_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -D_GNU_SOURCE" \
 		ALL_SOFLAGS="${SOFLAGS} -shared" \