diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake
index aa054222c7dedc..138e9227d05860 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake
@@ -465,6 +465,21 @@ function(vcpkg_configure_make)
         endif()
     endif()
 
+    # Linux - cross-compiling support
+    if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_LINUX)
+        if (requires_autoconfig AND NOT arg_BUILD_TRIPLET OR arg_DETERMINE_BUILD_TRIPLET)
+            # The regex below takes the prefix from the resulting CMAKE_C_COMPILER variable eg. arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc 
+            # set in the common toolchains/linux.cmake
+            # This is used via --host as a prefix for all other bin tools as well. 
+            # Setting the compiler directly via CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc does not work acording to: 
+            # https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.65/html_node/Specifying-Target-Triplets.html
+            if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES "([^\/]*)-gcc$" AND CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+                set(arg_BUILD_TRIPLET "--host=${CMAKE_MATCH_1}") # (Host activates crosscompilation; The name given here is just the prefix of the host tools for the target)
+            endif()
+            debug_message("Using make triplet: ${arg_BUILD_TRIPLET}")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+    
     # Cleanup previous build dirs
     file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel"
                         "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg"