diff --git a/build/common.m4 b/build/common.m4
index 1cf81551338..35059b92632 100644
--- a/build/common.m4
+++ b/build/common.m4
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ EOF
   if test -n "$LD"; then
     echo "LD=\"$LD\"; export LD" >> $1
   fi
+  if test -n "$AR"; then
+    echo "AR=\"$AR\"; export AR" >> $1
+  fi
+  if test -n "$RANLIB"; then
+    echo "RANLIB=\"$RANLIB\"; export RANLIB" >> $1
+  fi
+  if test -n "NM"; then
+    echo "NM=\"$NM\"; export NM" >> $1
+  fi
   if test -n "$CFLAGS"; then
     echo "CFLAGS=\"$CFLAGS\"; export CFLAGS" >> $1
   fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 096c08257ec..b7652c45769 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2446,6 +2446,9 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([Build option summary:
     CXX:                $CXX
     CPP:                $CPP
     LD:                 $LD
+    AR:                 $AR
+    RANLIB:             $RANLIB
+    NM:                 $NM
     CFLAGS:             $CFLAGS
     CXXFLAGS:           $CXXFLAGS
     CPPFLAGS:           $CPPFLAGS