diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
index 0783d4a..a8793b2 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-CC=gcc
-STANDARD_FLAGS=-Werror -std=c11 -pedantic -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE
+CC=$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+STANDARD_FLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) -Werror -std=c11 -pedantic -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE
 DEBUG_FLAGS=-DDEBUG -g -Wall
 RELEASE_FLAGS=-O2 -Wall
 DEFP=-DFBG_PARALLEL