diff -u libcap2-2.16/debian/changelog libcap2-2.16/debian/changelog
--- libcap2-2.16/debian/changelog
+++ libcap2-2.16/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libcap2 (1:2.16-5ubuntu2~cross1) karmic; urgency=low
+
+  * Set CC correctly for cross-compilation.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:41:14 +0000
+
 libcap2 (1:2.16-5ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
 
   * fix-capability-headers.diff: <linux/capability.h> is sanitised properly
diff -u libcap2-2.16/debian/rules libcap2-2.16/debian/rules
--- libcap2-2.16/debian/rules
+++ libcap2-2.16/debian/rules
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/makefile.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/patchsys-quilt.mk
 
+ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE),$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE))
+CC := gcc
+else
+CC := $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-gcc
+endif
+
+DEB_MAKE_EXTRA_ARGS     += CC=$(CC) BUILD_CC=gcc
 DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install DESTDIR=$(DEB_DESTDIR) lib=lib
 DEB_INSTALL_DOCS_ALL    := debian/README.Debian
 DEB_DH_MAKESHLIBS_ARGS  := -V 'libcap2 (>= 2.10)'