diff --git a/meta/packages/pciutils/pciutils_3.0.3.bb b/meta/packages/pciutils/pciutils_3.0.3.bb
index ce683a152a..a05a69b61a 100644
--- a/meta/packages/pciutils/pciutils_3.0.3.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/pciutils/pciutils_3.0.3.bb
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export MANDIR = "${D}${mandir}"
 
 LDFLAGS += "-lz"
 
+# The configure script breaks if the HOST variable is set
+HOST[unexport] = "1"
+
 do_install () {
 	oe_runmake install
 }