diff --git a/autoconf/configure.ac b/autoconf/configure.ac
index 8b64ce11d5d..7586ba7a8ae 100644
--- a/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LLVM_MANDIR, "$LLVM_MANDIR",
                    [Installation directory for man pages])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LLVM_CONFIGTIME, "$LLVM_CONFIGTIME",
                    [Time at which LLVM was configured])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LLVM_HOSTTRIPLE, "$host",
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LLVM_HOSTTRIPLE, "$target",
                    [Host triple we were built on])
 
 # Determine which bindings to build.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a1eb3b1d5d7..a10276bad42 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -20865,7 +20865,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define LLVM_HOSTTRIPLE "$host"
+#define LLVM_HOSTTRIPLE "$target"
 _ACEOF
 
 
diff --git a/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac b/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
index fae00605f6d..a5d786d78ee 100644
--- a/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/projects/sample/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LLVM_MANDIR, "$LLVM_MANDIR",
                    [Installation directory for man pages])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LLVM_CONFIGTIME, "$LLVM_CONFIGTIME",
                    [Time at which LLVM was configured])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LLVM_HOSTTRIPLE, "$host",
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LLVM_HOSTTRIPLE, "$target",
                    [Host triple we were built on])
 
 # Determine which bindings to build.
diff --git a/projects/sample/configure b/projects/sample/configure
index 921afb5b1e1..1045b5de8aa 100755
--- a/projects/sample/configure
+++ b/projects/sample/configure
@@ -20815,7 +20815,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define LLVM_HOSTTRIPLE "$host"
+#define LLVM_HOSTTRIPLE "$target"
 _ACEOF