diff --git a/gnu/packages/accessibility.scm b/gnu/packages/accessibility.scm
index 14ce805aef..34031545dd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/accessibility.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/accessibility.scm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Stefan Reichör <stefan@xsteve.at>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Andrew Miloradovsky <andrew@interpretmath.pw>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ (define-public footswitch
        `(("hidapi" ,hidapi)))
       (arguments
        `(#:tests? #f ; no tests
-         #:make-flags (list "CC=gcc")
+         #:make-flags (list (string-append "CC=" ,(cc-for-target)))
          #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
                     (delete 'configure)
                     ;; Install target in the Makefile does not work for Guix