diff -Naur brltty-4.5/Programs/Makefile.in brltty-4.5-new/Programs/Makefile.in
--- brltty-4.5/Programs/Makefile.in	2013-03-27 15:51:35.000000000 -0700
+++ brltty-4.5-new/Programs/Makefile.in	2013-09-19 14:57:56.268106076 -0700
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
 	[ ! -f lib.def ] || mv lib.def $(API_DEF)
 
 $(API_ARC): $(API_OBJS)
-	ar rc $@ $(API_OBJS)
+	$(AR) rc $@ $(API_OBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 brlapi_client.$O: