diff --git a/mingw-w64-tools/widl/Makefile.am b/mingw-w64-tools/widl/Makefile.am
index 595c6b6..5f39f59 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-tools/widl/Makefile.am
+++ b/mingw-w64-tools/widl/Makefile.am
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 widl_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -DDEFAULT_INCLUDE_DIR=\"$(includedir)/../$(target)/include\"
 widl_CFLAGS = -O3 -g -Wall -Wformat -Wpacked -Wmissing-declarations -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-aliasing=2
 
-DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --host=$(host_triplet)
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --host=$(host) --target=$(target)
diff --git a/mingw-w64-tools/widl/Makefile.in b/mingw-w64-tools/widl/Makefile.in
index a593b66..9a712c0 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-tools/widl/Makefile.in
+++ b/mingw-w64-tools/widl/Makefile.in
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 
 widl_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -DDEFAULT_INCLUDE_DIR=\"$(includedir)/../$(target)/include\"
 widl_CFLAGS = -O3 -g -Wall -Wformat -Wpacked -Wmissing-declarations -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-aliasing=2
-DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --host=$(host_triplet)
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --host=$(host) --target=$(target)
 all: all-am
 
 .SUFFIXES: