diff --git a/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile b/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile
index e775adcbd29f..13d1876c7889 100644
--- a/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile
+++ b/tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ VERSION = 1.0
 
 BINDIR=usr/bin
 WARNFLAGS=-Wall -Wshadow -W -Wformat -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wimplicit-int
-CFLAGS= -O1 ${WARNFLAGS} -fstack-protector
-CC=gcc
+CFLAGS+= -O1 ${WARNFLAGS} -fstack-protector
+CC=$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 
 CFLAGS+=-D VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
 LDFLAGS+=