diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 83a574efcd..22b1224d79 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ UBOOT_LOADADDRESS ?= "${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT}"
 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() {