diff --git a/build-wget b/build-wget
index 1d40a2baa746fac3409494847688f37e03912ce0..23c8f685e9bf2610e89d697885f8608dbee0acdb 100755
--- a/build-wget
+++ b/build-wget
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ tar xvvf wget.tar.gz &> /dev/null || \
 
 # Configure and compile
 cd wget-*
-./configure --without-ssl --disable-opie --disable-digest --disable-ntlm \
-            --disable-debug --disable-nls --disable-largefile \
+CFLAGS=-m32 ./configure --without-ssl --disable-opie --disable-digest \
+            --disable-ntlm --disable-debug --disable-nls --disable-largefile \
             --disable-ipv6 --disable-rpath --disable-iri || \
   (printf "ERROR (4): Failed to configure wget. Aborting...\n" && exit 4)