diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-fio.yml b/.github/workflows/build-fio.yml
index 892b363..54f0047 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-fio.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-fio.yml
@@ -102,10 +102,9 @@ jobs:
           curl -L -4 --retry 5 --retry-delay 2 --connect-timeout 15 "https://github.com/axboe/fio/archive/\$VERSION.tar.gz" -o "fio.tar.gz"
           tar xf fio.tar.gz
           cd fio*
-          CC=/root/\$CROSS-cross/bin/\$CROSS-gcc ./configure --disable-native --build-static
           CFLAGS+=' -include linux/falloc.h'
-          LDFLAGS+=' -latomic'
-          make 
+          CC=/root/\$CROSS-cross/bin/\$CROSS-gcc ./configure --disable-native --build-static
+          make EXTLIBS+=' -latomic'
           
           # verify no external shared library links
           libcheck fio