diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 859ae60..d03c897 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ all: headers ent $(LIBS) libowfat.a libsocket t
 
 CROSS=
 #CROSS=i686-mingw-
-CC=gcc
+CC?=gcc
 CCC=$(CROSS)$(CC)
 WERROR=
 WARN=-W -Wall -Wextra $(WERROR)