diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b2dbbc7e4..14702491b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -19283,7 +19283,7 @@ else
 esac
 
 		    else
-			case `uname` in
+			case "$host" in
 			Darwin)
 				case " $LIBOBJS " in
   *" getentropy_osx.$ac_objext "* ) ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dfacbbe4d..cf4c2c182 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ if test "$USE_NSS" = "no"; then
 		    if test "$USE_WINSOCK" = 1; then
 			AC_LIBOBJ(getentropy_win)
 		    else
-			case `uname` in
+			case "$host" in
 			Darwin)
 				AC_LIBOBJ(getentropy_osx)
 			;;
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 620590eca..cb24a0a73 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2 January 2017: Wouter
+	- Fix #1194: Cross build fails when $host isn't `uname` for getentropy.
+
 23 December 2016: Ralph
 	- Fix #1190: Do not echo back EDNS options in local-zone error response.
 	- iana portlist update