diff --git a/racket/src/racket/sgc/Makefile.in b/racket/src/racket/sgc/Makefile.in
index 8697f882ab..dd1e45fad6 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/sgc/Makefile.in
+++ b/racket/src/racket/sgc/Makefile.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ libdir = @libdir@
 CC = @CC@
 CXX = @CXX@
 RANLIB = @RANLIB@
+NICEAR = $(srcdir)/../../utils/nicear
 AR = @AR@
 ARFLAGS = @ARFLAGS@
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ SRCS =  $(srcdir)/sgc.c
 
 ../libmzgc.@LIBSFX@: $(OBJS)
 	$(MAKE) gcobjects
-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) ../libmzgc.@LIBSFX@ $(OBJS)
+	$(NICEAR) $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) ../libmzgc.@LIBSFX@ $(OBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) ../libmzgc.@LIBSFX@
 
 test: $(OBJS) test.@LTO@