--- Configure
+++ Configure
@@ -928,7 +928,8 @@
 print "IsMK1MF=$IsMK1MF\n";
 
 my @fields = split(/\s*:\s*/,$table{$target} . ":" x 30 , -1);
-my $cc = $fields[$idx_cc];
+my $cc = $ENV{'CC'} || $fields[$idx_cc];
+my $ar = $ENV{'AR'} || "ar";
 my $cflags = $fields[$idx_cflags];
 my $unistd = $fields[$idx_unistd];
 my $thread_cflag = $fields[$idx_thread_cflag];
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@
 my $shared_cflag = $fields[$idx_shared_cflag];
 my $shared_ldflag = $fields[$idx_shared_ldflag];
 my $shared_extension = $fields[$idx_shared_extension];
-my $ranlib = $fields[$idx_ranlib];
+my $ranlib = $ENV{'RANLIB'} || $fields[$idx_ranlib];
 my $arflags = $fields[$idx_arflags];
 
 my $no_shared_warn=0;
@@ -1292,6 +1292,7 @@
 	s/^RMD160_ASM_OBJ=.*$/RMD160_ASM_OBJ= $rmd160_obj/;
 	s/^PROCESSOR=.*/PROCESSOR= $processor/;
 	s/^RANLIB=.*/RANLIB= $ranlib/;
+	s/^AR=ar /AR= $ar /;
 	s/^ARFLAGS=.*/ARFLAGS= $arflags/;
 	s/^PERL=.*/PERL= $perl/;
 	s/^KRB5_INCLUDES=.*/KRB5_INCLUDES=$withargs{"krb5-include"}/;