diff --git a/config/patches/bzip2/makefile_take_env_vars.patch b/config/patches/bzip2/makefile_take_env_vars.patch
index 8674e1c1d..e15ca4f3d 100644
--- a/config/patches/bzip2/makefile_take_env_vars.patch
+++ b/config/patches/bzip2/makefile_take_env_vars.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 --- bzip2-1.0.6/Makefile-orig   2010-09-10 17:46:02.000000000 -0500
 +++ bzip2-1.0.6/Makefile        2013-11-21 13:55:11.000000000 -0600
-@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
+@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
+ SHELL=/bin/sh
+
+ # To assist in cross-compiling
 -CC=gcc
 +CC?=gcc
  AR=ar