diff --git a/scripts/gki/envsetup.sh b/scripts/gki/envsetup.sh
index 445b0e4d3fa0..72ae068b142e 100755
--- a/scripts/gki/envsetup.sh
+++ b/scripts/gki/envsetup.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ KERN_SRC=`pwd`
 : ${ARCH:=arm64}
 : ${CROSS_COMPILE:=aarch64-linux-gnu-}
 : ${REAL_CC:=clang}
+: ${HOSTCC:=gcc}
+: ${HOSTLD:ld}
+: ${HOSTAR:ar}
 : ${KERN_OUT:=}
 
 CONFIGS_DIR=${KERN_SRC}/arch/${ARCH}/configs/vendor
@@ -23,5 +26,5 @@ QCOM_GKI_FRAG=${CONFIGS_DIR}/${PLATFORM_NAME}_GKI.config
 QCOM_QGKI_FRAG=${CONFIGS_DIR}/${PLATFORM_NAME}_QGKI.config
 QCOM_DEBUG_FRAG=${CONFIGS_DIR}/${PLATFORM_NAME}_debug.config
 
-export ARCH CROSS_COMPILE REAL_CC KERN_SRC KERN_OUT CONFIGS_DIR BASE_DEFCONFIG \
-	QCOM_GKI_FRAG QCOM_QGKI_FRAG QCOM_DEBUG_FRAG
+export ARCH CROSS_COMPILE REAL_CC HOSTCC HOSTLD HOSTAR KERN_SRC KERN_OUT \
+	CONFIGS_DIR BASE_DEFCONFIG QCOM_GKI_FRAG QCOM_QGKI_FRAG QCOM_DEBUG_FRAG
diff --git a/scripts/gki/generate_defconfig.sh b/scripts/gki/generate_defconfig.sh
index 3b6cfeddc154..21cda67402b0 100755
--- a/scripts/gki/generate_defconfig.sh
+++ b/scripts/gki/generate_defconfig.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ PLATFORM_NAME=`echo $PLATFORM_NAME | sed "s/vendor\///g"`
 # We should be in the kernel root after the envsetup
 source ${SCRIPTS_ROOT}/envsetup.sh $PLATFORM_NAME
 
+KERN_MAKE_ARGS="ARCH=$ARCH \
+		CROSS_COMPILE=$CROSS_COMPILE \
+		REAL_CC=$REAL_CC \
+		CLANG_TRIPLE=$CLANG_TRIPLE \
+		HOSTCC=$HOSTCC \
+		HOSTLD=$HOSTLD \
+		HOSTAR=$HOSTAR \
+		"
+
 # Allyes fragment temporarily created on GKI config fragment
 QCOM_GKI_ALLYES_FRAG=${CONFIGS_DIR}/${PLATFORM_NAME}_ALLYES_GKI.config
 
@@ -59,8 +68,9 @@ FINAL_DEFCONFIG_BLEND=`echo "${FINAL_DEFCONFIG_BLEND}" | awk '{ for (i=NF; i>1;
 
 echo "defconfig blend for $REQUIRED_DEFCONFIG: $FINAL_DEFCONFIG_BLEND"
 
-${KERN_SRC}/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh $FINAL_DEFCONFIG_BLEND
-make savedefconfig
+MAKE_ARGS=$KERN_MAKE_ARGS \
+	${KERN_SRC}/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh $FINAL_DEFCONFIG_BLEND
+make $KERN_MAKE_ARGS savedefconfig
 mv defconfig $CONFIGS_DIR/$REQUIRED_DEFCONFIG
 
 # Cleanup the allyes config fragment and other generated files
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
index d924c51d28b7..b81dfb36774b 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fi
 # Use the merged file as the starting point for:
 # alldefconfig: Fills in any missing symbols with Kconfig default
 # allnoconfig: Fills in any missing symbols with # CONFIG_* is not set
-make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=$TMP_FILE $OUTPUT_ARG $ALLTARGET
+make $MAKE_ARGS KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=$TMP_FILE $OUTPUT_ARG $ALLTARGET
 
 
 # Check all specified config values took (might have missed-dependency issues)