diff --git a/overlays/firmware-extended/12-camera-v4l2-mpp/apps/fake-service/Makefile b/overlays/firmware-extended/12-camera-v4l2-mpp/apps/fake-service/Makefile
index 16c7f074..356e6c54 100644
--- a/overlays/firmware-extended/12-camera-v4l2-mpp/apps/fake-service/Makefile
+++ b/overlays/firmware-extended/12-camera-v4l2-mpp/apps/fake-service/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+CROSS_COMPILE ?=
+CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+
 TARGET = fake-service
 SRCS = main.c
 OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
 DEPS = $(SRCS:.c=.d)
 
-CC ?= gcc
 CFLAGS ?= -Wall -Wextra -O2 -MMD -I../../common
 LDFLAGS ?=