diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd79cfb..5fd7f16 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ KLIBC=/home/src/klibc/klibc-0.77
 
 KLIBC_GCC = gcc -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -I$(KLIBC)/klibc/include -I$(KLIBC)/linux/include -I$(KLIBC)/klibc/arch/i386/include -I$(KLIBC)/klibc/include/bits32
 
-CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+CC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 CXFLAGS ?= -ggdb
 CWFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -Wstrict-prototypes -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter
 ifdef WARN_UNUSED