diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5ea1014925..f185dd0838 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4938,6 +4938,7 @@ echo "QEMU_CFLAGS=$QEMU_CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_INCLUDES=$QEMU_INCLUDES" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$sparse" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CC           := REAL_CC=\"\$(CC)\" cgcc"       >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "CPP          := REAL_CC=\"\$(CPP)\" cgcc"      >> $config_host_mak
   echo "CXX          := REAL_CC=\"\$(CXX)\" cgcc"      >> $config_host_mak
   echo "HOST_CC      := REAL_CC=\"\$(HOST_CC)\" cgcc"  >> $config_host_mak
   echo "QEMU_CFLAGS  += -Wbitwise -Wno-transparent-union -Wno-old-initializer -Wno-non-pointer-null" >> $config_host_mak