diff --git a/qb/qb.libs.sh b/qb/qb.libs.sh
index 79270c04e6..05935a4a4a 100644
--- a/qb/qb.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/qb.libs.sh
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ create_config_make()
 		echo "INCLUDE_DIRS = $INCLUDE_DIRS"
 		echo "LIBRARY_DIRS = $LIBRARY_DIRS"
 		echo "PACKAGE_NAME = $PACKAGE_NAME"
+		echo "BUILD = $BUILD"
 		echo "PREFIX = $PREFIX"
 
 		while [ "$1" ]; do
diff --git a/qb/qb.params.sh b/qb/qb.params.sh
index 189727c9ea..d574c60057 100644
--- a/qb/qb.params.sh
+++ b/qb/qb.params.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ General options:
 EOF
 	print_help_option "--prefix=PATH"            "Install path prefix"
 	print_help_option "--global-config-dir=PATH" "System wide config file prefix"
-	print_help_option "--host=HOST"              "call HOST-gcc instead of gcc; can be used for cross compilation"
+	print_help_option "--build=BUILD"            "The build system (no-op)"
+	print_help_option "--host=HOST"              "Cross-compile with HOST-gcc instead of gcc"
 	print_help_option "--help"                   "Show this help"
 
 	echo ""
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ parse_input() # Parse stuff :V
 		case "$1" in
 			--prefix=*) PREFIX=${1##--prefix=};;
 			--global-config-dir=*) GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR=${1##--global-config-dir=};;
+			--build=*) BUILD="${1#*=}";;
 			--host=*) CROSS_COMPILE=${1##--host=}-;;
 			--enable-*)
 				opt_exists "${1##--enable-}" "$1"