diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index cf43a5d..e2ceb6a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@
 KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS ?= ""
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = " HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" HOSTCPP="${BUILD_CPP}""
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += " HOSTCXX="${BUILD_CXX} ${BUILD_CXXFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}""
+
 KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE ??= ""
 
 copy_initramfs() {