--- a/Makefile	2021-08-20 08:58:11.523401075 +0200
+++ b/Makefile	2021-08-20 08:58:38.122920942 +0200
@@ -241,6 +242,8 @@
 CROSS=
 #CROSS=i686-mingw-
 CC?=gcc
+AR?=ar
+RANLIB?=ranlib
 CCC=$(CROSS)$(CC)
 WERROR=
 WARN=-W -Wall -Wextra $(WERROR)
@@ -1092,8 +1296,8 @@
 $(IO_OBJS) $(CDB_OBJS) $(CRITBIT_OBJS)
 
 libowfat.a: $(ALL_OBJS)
-	$(CROSS)ar cru $@ $(ALL_OBJS)
-	-$(CROSS)ranlib $@
+	$(CROSS)$(AR) cru $@ $(ALL_OBJS)
+	-$(CROSS)$(RANLIB) $@
 
 CFLAGS+=-I.
 CFLAGS_OPT+=-I.
@@ -1105,8 +1309,8 @@
 	$(DIET) $(CCC) -c $< $(CFLAGS)
 
 %.a:
-	$(CROSS)ar cru $@ $^
-	-$(CROSS)ranlib $@
+	$(CROSS)$(AR) cru $@ $^
+	-$(CROSS)$(RANLIB) $@
 
 t.o: t.c fmt.h scan.h str.h uint16.h uint32.h stralloc.h socket.h \
   buffer.h ip4.h ip6.h byte.h mmap.h open.h textcode.h dns.h iopause.h \
--- a/GNUmakefile	2021-08-20 08:58:11.523401075 +0200
+++ b/GNUmakefile	2021-08-20 08:58:38.122920942 +0200
@@ -241,6 +242,8 @@
 CROSS=
 #CROSS=i686-mingw-
 CC?=gcc
+AR?=ar
+RANLIB?=ranlib
 CCC=$(CROSS)$(CC)
 WERROR=
 WARN=-W -Wall -Wextra $(WERROR)
@@ -1092,8 +1296,8 @@
 $(IO_OBJS) $(CDB_OBJS) $(CRITBIT_OBJS)
 
 libowfat.a: $(ALL_OBJS)
-	$(CROSS)ar cru $@ $(ALL_OBJS)
-	-$(CROSS)ranlib $@
+	$(CROSS)$(AR) cru $@ $(ALL_OBJS)
+	-$(CROSS)$(RANLIB) $@
 
 CFLAGS+=-I.
 CFLAGS_OPT+=-I.
@@ -1105,8 +1309,8 @@
 	$(DIET) $(CCC) -c $< $(CFLAGS)
 
 %.a:
-	$(CROSS)ar cru $@ $^
-	-$(CROSS)ranlib $@
+	$(CROSS)$(AR) cru $@ $^
+	-$(CROSS)$(RANLIB) $@
 
 t.o: t.c fmt.h scan.h str.h uint16.h uint32.h stralloc.h socket.h \
   buffer.h ip4.h ip6.h byte.h mmap.h open.h textcode.h dns.h iopause.h \