diff --git a/usr.bin/stat/Makefile b/usr.bin/stat/Makefile
index 0c6fe6c51a71..47906e4511b9 100644
--- a/usr.bin/stat/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/stat/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.9 2019/02/04 09:51:47 mrg Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.10 2019/02/04 10:03:16 mrg Exp $
 
 PROG=	stat
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MLINKS=	stat.1 readlink.1
 .include <bsd.own.mk>
 
 # Has fallthru comment that is missed
-.if defined(HAVE_GCC) && ${HAVE_GCC} == 7 && ${ACTIVE_CC} == "gcc"
+.if !defined(HOSTPROG) && defined(HAVE_GCC) && ${HAVE_GCC} == 7 && ${ACTIVE_CC} == "gcc"
 COPTS.stat.c+=	-Wno-error=implicit-fallthrough
 .endif