diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e8f4b251d..67cdb315b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_EXTRA)
 all: applet_source_list busybox busybox.links doc
 
 applet_source_list: busybox.sh Config.h
-	(echo -n "APPLET_SOURCES := "; BB_SRC_DIR=$(BB_SRC_DIR) $(SHELL) $^) > $@
+	(echo -n "APPLET_SOURCES := "; CC="$(CC)" BB_SRC_DIR="$(BB_SRC_DIR)" $(SHELL) $^) > $@
 
 doc: olddoc
 
diff --git a/applets/busybox.sh b/applets/busybox.sh
index 7c3deb20e..9ab0f4bdb 100755
--- a/applets/busybox.sh
+++ b/applets/busybox.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export LC_ALL=POSIX
 export LC_CTYPE=POSIX
 
 RAW=` \
-    gcc -E -dM ${1:-Config.h} | \
+    $CC -E -dM ${1:-Config.h} | \
     sed -n -e '/^.*BB_FEATURE.*$/d;s/^#define.*\<BB_\(.*\)\>/\1.c/gp;' \
     | tr A-Z a-z | sort
 `
diff --git a/busybox.sh b/busybox.sh
index 7c3deb20e..9ab0f4bdb 100755
--- a/busybox.sh
+++ b/busybox.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export LC_ALL=POSIX
 export LC_CTYPE=POSIX
 
 RAW=` \
-    gcc -E -dM ${1:-Config.h} | \
+    $CC -E -dM ${1:-Config.h} | \
     sed -n -e '/^.*BB_FEATURE.*$/d;s/^#define.*\<BB_\(.*\)\>/\1.c/gp;' \
     | tr A-Z a-z | sort
 `