--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -399,8 +399,11 @@ exit 0
 # this is where the translation occurs into SSLeay terms
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# figure out if gcc is available and if so we use it otherwise
+# we fallback to whatever cc does on the system
 GCCVER=`(gcc -dumpversion) 2>/dev/null`
 if [ "$GCCVER" != "" ]; then
+  CC=gcc
   # then strip off whatever prefix egcs prepends the number with...
   # Hopefully, this will work for any future prefixes as well.
   GCCVER=`echo $GCCVER | LC_ALL=C sed 's/^[a-zA-Z]*\-//'`
@@ -409,6 +412,8 @@ if [ "$GCCVER" != "" ]; then
   # major and minor version numbers.
   # peak single digit before and after first dot, e.g. 2.95.1 gives 29
   GCCVER=`echo $GCCVER | sed 's/\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]\).*/\1\2/'`
+else
+  CC=cc
 fi
 
 # Only set CC if not supplied already