diff --git a/mach/proto/libg/proto.libcc.ansi b/mach/proto/libg/proto.libcc.ansi
index e21eb30ab..69822be01 100644
--- a/mach/proto/libg/proto.libcc.ansi
+++ b/mach/proto/libg/proto.libcc.ansi
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ tail:
 		   do echo $$i/$$j >> OLIST ; \
 		   done ; \
 		done
-		$(AR) r tail_ac `cat OLIST`
+		$(ASAR) r tail_ac `cat OLIST`
 		$(RANLIB) tail_ac
 
 install:	all
diff --git a/mach/proto/libg/proto.libf77 b/mach/proto/libg/proto.libf77
index d7cb7acf9..cd518d311 100644
--- a/mach/proto/libg/proto.libf77
+++ b/mach/proto/libg/proto.libf77
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ tail:
 		   do echo $$i/$$j >> OLIST ; \
 		   done ; \
 		done
-		$(AR) r tail_f77 `cat OLIST`
+		$(ASAR) r tail_f77 `cat OLIST`
 		$(RANLIB) tail_f77
 
 install:	all