diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
index a9c7be0..aa8e162 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@
     if [ -e "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd" ]; then
         sed -i 's/ifneq "$(CC)" ".*-linux-.*gcc.*$/ifneq "$(CC)" "gcc"/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
         sed -i 's/ifneq "$(LD)" ".*-linux-.*ld.bfd.*$/ifneq "$(LD)" "ld"/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
+        sed -i 's/ifneq "$(HOSTCXX)" ".*$/ifneq "$(HOSTCXX)" "g++"/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
+        sed -i 's/ifneq "$(HOSTCC)" ".*$/ifneq "$(HOSTCC)" "gcc"/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
         sed -i 's/ifneq "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)".*\(gcc.*\)"/ifneq "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)" "\1"/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
         sed -i 's/ifneq "$(srctree)" ".*"/ifneq "$(srctree)" "."/' "$kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf.cmd"
         # we don't build against the defconfig, so make sure it isn't the trigger for syncconfig