diff --git a/projects/github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/package.yml b/projects/github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/package.yml
index cbf60158..3e9ec813 100644
--- a/projects/github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/package.yml
+++ b/projects/github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/package.yml
@@ -16,16 +16,22 @@ build:
   dependencies:
     freedesktop.org/pkg-config: '*'
     python.org: ~3.11
+    llvm.org: <17
+    gnu.org/make: '*'
   script: |
     ./configure $ARGS
     make --jobs {{ hw.concurrency }}
     make --jobs {{ hw.concurrency }} install
   env:
+    CC: clang
+    CXX: clang++
+    LD: clang
+    AR: llvm-ar
+    AS: llvm-as
     ARGS:
       - --prefix="{{prefix}}"
 
 test:
   dependencies:
     freedesktop.org/pkg-config: '*'
-  script:
-    pkg-config --modversion rdkafka | grep {{version}}
+  script: pkg-config --modversion rdkafka | grep {{version}}