diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 86a3daf84da..5ed2105be89 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ AC_SUBST(CXXFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(LD)
 AC_SUBST(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
 
-export CC CFLAGS LD LDFLAGS
+export CC CXX CFLAGS LD LDFLAGS AR
 
 if test "$GXX" = "yes"
 then