diff --git a/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh
index 6e8a1dde..6ff91c9b 100644
--- a/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/avahi-0.8/pass1.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ src_configure() {
         --host="${host_triplet}" \
         --build="${host_triplet}" \
         --with-distro=lfs \
+        --disable-stack-protector \
         --enable-dbm \
         --enable-static \
         --enable-shared \
diff --git a/steps-guix/guile-avahi-0.4.1/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/guile-avahi-0.4.1/pass1.sh
index a2e0976e..46dfded3 100755
--- a/steps-guix/guile-avahi-0.4.1/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/guile-avahi-0.4.1/pass1.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-    default_src_compile
+    make "${MAKEJOBS}" -f Makefile PREFIX="${PREFIX}" \
+        CROSS_COMPILING_VARIABLE="AVAHI_GUILE_CROSS_COMPILING=yes"
 }
 
 src_install() {
-    default_src_install
+    make -f Makefile install PREFIX="${PREFIX}" DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" \
+        CROSS_COMPILING_VARIABLE="AVAHI_GUILE_CROSS_COMPILING=yes"
 }