diff --git a/package/devel/valgrind/Makefile b/package/devel/valgrind/Makefile
index a8e47db7c88..f2fa400444f 100644
--- a/package/devel/valgrind/Makefile
+++ b/package/devel/valgrind/Makefile
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ else
 	BITS := 32bit
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_arm_v7),y)
+	CONFIGURE_ARGS += --host=armv7-openwrt-linux$(if $(TARGET_SUFFIX),-$(TARGET_SUFFIX))
+endif
+
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-lto \
 	--enable-tls \