diff --git a/SPECS/kernel-6.1.spec b/SPECS/kernel-6.1.spec
index b0e6bea..7d94c16 100644
--- a/SPECS/kernel-6.1.spec
+++ b/SPECS/kernel-6.1.spec
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ export CC=gcc
 export CXX=g++
 
 %global bpftool_make \
-	%{__make} -s EXTRA_CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" EXTRA_LDFLAGS="%{__global_ldflags}" DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT VMLINUX_H="${RPM_VMLINUX_H}"
+	%{__make} -s CC=gcc CXX=g++ EXTRA_CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" EXTRA_LDFLAGS="%{__global_ldflags}" DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT VMLINUX_H="${RPM_VMLINUX_H}"
 
 pushd tools/bpf/bpftool > /dev/null
 %{bpftool_make}