diff --git a/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel b/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel
--- a/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/toolchains/private/BUILD.bazel
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@
 make_tool(
     name = "make_tool",
     srcs = "@gnumake_src//:all_srcs",
+    configure_xcompile = True,
     tags = ["manual"],
 )