diff --git a/packages/devel/arm-mem/package.mk b/packages/devel/arm-mem/package.mk
index 99d92af4ed6..362ad9b1988 100644
--- a/packages/devel/arm-mem/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/arm-mem/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="arm-mem"
-PKG_VERSION="2e6f275"
+PKG_VERSION="4418bb4"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="arm"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET="libarmmem.so"
 
+pre_make_target() {
+  export CROSS_COMPILE=$TARGET_PREFIX
+}
+
 make_init() {
   : # reuse make_target()
 }