diff --git a/media-video/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-0.5.ebuild b/media-video/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-0.5.ebuild
index 0254241812..ef693dac18 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-0.5.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-0.5.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
 DESCRIPTION="MPRIS plugin for mpv"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/hoyon/mpv-mpris"
 
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ DOCS=(
 	README.md
 )
 
+src_compile() {
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)"
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	insinto "/usr/$(get_libdir)/mpv"
 	doins mpris.so
diff --git a/media-video/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-9999.ebuild
index 0254241812..ef693dac18 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
 DESCRIPTION="MPRIS plugin for mpv"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/hoyon/mpv-mpris"
 
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ DOCS=(
 	README.md
 )
 
+src_compile() {
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)"
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	insinto "/usr/$(get_libdir)/mpv"
 	doins mpris.so