diff --git a/src/wget.mk b/src/wget.mk
index fcf7bd26..ed9e68ef 100644
--- a/src/wget.mk
+++ b/src/wget.mk
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
     $(if $(BUILD_STATIC), $(SED) -i 's/^base64_encode /wget_base64_encode /;' '$(1)/src/utils.c')
     $(SED) -i 's/-lidn/`$(TARGET)-pkg-config --libs libidn`/g;' '$(1)/configure'
     cd '$(1)' && ./configure \
-        --host='$(TARGET)' \
-        --build="`config.guess`" \
-        --prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)' \
+        $(MXE_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
         --with-ssl=gnutls \
         CFLAGS='-DIN6_ARE_ADDR_EQUAL=IN6_ADDR_EQUAL' \
         LIBS='-lpthread'