diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 8e52bab..e38a919 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Clean-up provided by seqwith.
 
 # C compiler to use
-CC = gcc
+CC = $(CC)
 
 # Any special flags you want to pass to the compiler
 MYFLAGS = @MYFLAGS@