diff --git a/makefile.mingw b/makefile.mingw
index 2893aa20..28da819c 100644
--- a/makefile.mingw
+++ b/makefile.mingw
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ library: $(LIBNAME)
 
 .PHONY: testprof/$(LIBTEST)
 testprof/$(LIBTEST):
-	$(MAKE) -C testprof -f makefile.mingw CFLAGS_OPTS="$(CFLAGS)" LIBTEST_S=$(LIBTEST) CC=$(CC) LD=$(LD) AR=$(AR) ARFLAGS=$(ARFLAGS) RANLIB=$(RANLIB)
+	$(MAKE) -C testprof -f makefile.mingw CFLAGS_OPTS="$(CFLAGS)" LIBTEST_S=$(LIBTEST) CC="$(CC)" LD=$(LD) AR=$(AR) ARFLAGS="$(ARFLAGS)" RANLIB=$(RANLIB)
 
 $(LIBNAME): $(OBJECTS)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJECTS)
diff --git a/makefile.shared b/makefile.shared
index f54ecb05..96adb41c 100644
--- a/makefile.shared
+++ b/makefile.shared
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ library: $(LIBNAME)
 
 .PHONY: testprof/$(LIBTEST)
 testprof/$(LIBTEST):
-	cd testprof ; CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" GROUP=$(GROUP) USER=$(USER) VERSION=$(VERSION) LIBPATH=$(LIBPATH) LIBTEST=$(LIBTEST) LIBTEST_S=$(LIBTEST_S) LT=$(LT) CC=$(CC) make -f makefile.shared
+	cd testprof ; CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" GROUP=$(GROUP) USER=$(USER) VERSION=$(VERSION) LIBPATH=$(LIBPATH) LIBTEST=$(LIBTEST) LIBTEST_S=$(LIBTEST_S) LT=$(LT) CC="$(CC)" make -f makefile.shared
 
 .c.o:
 	$(LTCOMPILE) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
diff --git a/makefile.unix b/makefile.unix
index 91af9b1d..83abbcea 100644
--- a/makefile.unix
+++ b/makefile.unix
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ library: $(LIBNAME)
 
 .PHONY: testprof/$(LIBTEST)
 testprof/$(LIBTEST):
-	cd testprof ; CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LIBTEST_S=$(LIBTEST_S) $(MAKE)
+	cd testprof ; CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LIBTEST_S=$(LIBTEST_S) CC="$(CC)" LD="$(LD)" AR="$(AR)" RANLIB="$(RANLIB)" $(MAKE)
 
 $(LIBNAME): $(OBJECTS)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJECTS)