diff --git a/make/environment.mk b/make/environment.mk
index e7dee1ef..c6af9aea 100644
--- a/make/environment.mk
+++ b/make/environment.mk
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ BUILDENV = \
 	STRIP=$(TARGET)-strip \
 	OBJCOPY=$(TARGET)-objcopy \
 	OBJDUMP=$(TARGET)-objdump \
+	READELF=$(TARGET)-readelf \
 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
 	CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" \
 	CXXFLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)" \