diff -Naur brltty-5.2/Programs/Makefile.in brltty-5.2-new/Programs/Makefile.in
--- brltty-5.2/Programs/Makefile.in	2014-11-06 07:28:41.000000000 -0800
+++ brltty-5.2-new/Programs/Makefile.in	2014-11-20 05:41:57.144219093 -0800
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 	[ ! -f lib.def ] || mv lib.def $(API_DEF)
 
 $(API_ARC): $(API_CLIENT_OBJECTS)
-	ar rc $@ $(API_CLIENT_OBJECTS)
+	$(AR) rc $@ $(API_CLIENT_OBJECTS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 brlapi_client.$O: