diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index be1e07d4b596..45abc363dd3e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ)	:= xz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO) 	:= lzo
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4) 	:= lz4
 
-RUN_SIZE = $(shell objdump -h vmlinux | \
+RUN_SIZE = $(shell $(OBJDUMP) -h vmlinux | \
 	     perl $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl)
 quiet_cmd_mkpiggy = MKPIGGY $@
       cmd_mkpiggy = $(obj)/mkpiggy $< $(RUN_SIZE) > $@ || ( rm -f $@ ; false )