diff --git a/substitute.mk b/substitute.mk
index c575dc0ff0..1f09f73b9a 100644
--- a/substitute.mk
+++ b/substitute.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	 -e "s^@sysconfdir\@^$(sysconfdir)^g" \
 	 -e "s^@localstatedir\@^$(localstatedir)^g" \
 	 -e "s^@datadir\@^$(datadir)^g" \
-	 -e "s^@host\@^$(host)^g" \
+	 -e "s^@host\@^$(host_triplet)^g" \
 	 -e "s^@wget\@^$(wget)^g" \
 	 < $< > $@ || rm $@
 	chmod +x $@