diff --git a/make/platform.mk b/make/platform.mk
index 3d2c2f40..495416ac 100644
--- a/make/platform.mk
+++ b/make/platform.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ else ifneq ($(TARGET_TRIPLET),)
   TARGET_OS           := $(word 2,$(TARGET_TRIPLET_WORDS))
   TARGET_ABI          := $(word 3,$(TARGET_TRIPLET_WORDS))
   TARGET_TUPLE        := $(TARGET_ARCH)-$(TARGET_VENDOR)-$(TARGET_OS)-$(TARGET_ABI)
+  TARGET_TUPLE_WORDS  := $(subst -, ,$(TARGET_TUPLE))
 else
   TARGET_TUPLE        := $(OS_TUPLE)
   TARGET_TUPLE_WORDS  := $(subst -, ,$(TARGET_TUPLE))
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ else
   TARGET_OS           := $(word 3,$(TARGET_TUPLE_WORDS))
   TARGET_ABI          := $(word 4,$(TARGET_TUPLE_WORDS))
   TARGET_TRIPLET      := $(TARGET_ARCH)-$(TARGET_OS)-$(TARGET_ABI)
+  TARGET_TRIPLET_WORDS  := $(subst -, ,$(TARGET_TRIPLET))
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_TUPLE),)