diff --git a/scripts/gen-dependencies.sh b/scripts/gen-dependencies.sh
index de8d67376e..889255a167 100755
--- a/scripts/gen-dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen-dependencies.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ XARGS="${XARGS:-xargs -r}"
 
 find $TARGETS -type f -a -exec file {} \; | \
   sed -n -e 's/^\(.*\):.*ELF.*\(executable\|shared object\).*,.* stripped/\1/p' | \
-  $XARGS -n1 readelf -d | \
+  $XARGS -n1 $READELF -d | \
   awk '$2 ~ /NEEDED/ && $NF !~ /interpreter/ && $NF ~ /^\[?lib.*\.so/ { gsub(/[\[\]]/, "", $NF); print $NF }' | \
   sort -u