diff --git a/dev-lang/harec/harec-9999.ebuild b/dev-lang/harec/harec-9999.ebuild
index b215ee6dd5..1f6f491113 100644
--- a/dev-lang/harec/harec-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/harec/harec-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2021-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -27,12 +27,18 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 
+	local target_triple="${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}"
+
 	cp configs/linux.mk config.mk || die
 	sed -i \
 		-e 's/-Werror//' \
 		-e 's/CC =/CC ?=/' \
 		-e 's/AS =/AS ?=/' \
 		-e 's/LD =/LD ?=/' \
+		-e 's/CFLAGS =/CFLAGS +=/' \
+		-e 's/LDFLAGS =/LDFLAGS ?=/' \
+		-e 's/LDLINKFLAGS =/LDLINKFLAGS ?=/' \
+		-e "s/ARCH =/ARCH = ${target_triple/-*}/" \
 		config.mk || die
 
 	tc-export CC AS LD