diff --git a/utils/buildit/build_llvm b/utils/buildit/build_llvm
index 4fdc77039aa..9168d1a4858 100755
--- a/utils/buildit/build_llvm
+++ b/utils/buildit/build_llvm
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ elif [ $DARWIN_VERS -gt 9 ]; then
   # If the user has set CC or CXX, respect their wishes.  If not,
   # compile with LLVM-GCC/LLVM-G++ if available; if LLVM is not
   # available, fall back to usual GCC/G++ default.
-  savedPATH=$PATH ; PATH="$PATH:/Developer/usr/bin"
+  savedPATH=$PATH ; PATH="/Developer/usr/bin:$PATH"
   XTMPCC=$(which llvm-gcc)
   if [ x$CC  = x -a x$XTMPCC != x ] ; then export CC=$XTMPCC  ; fi
   XTMPCC=$(which llvm-g++)