diff --git a/srcpkgs/ed/template b/srcpkgs/ed/template
index 6545ec87826..0cbbbb67012 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ed/template
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/ed-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=64c138d33b1ea4b9daa88e045da0619e2a43cb99a9d378417d20163f410a7273
+
+do_build() {
+	make CC=$CC
+}