diff --git a/core/bzip2/build b/core/bzip2/build
index 1b6020fd..557daba6 100755
--- a/core/bzip2/build
+++ b/core/bzip2/build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-make CC="gcc $CFLAGS -fPIC $LDFLAGS" -f Makefile-libbz2_so
-make CC="gcc $CFLAGS -fPIC $LDFLAGS" bzip2recover libbz2.a
+make CC="$CC $CFLAGS -fPIC $LDFLAGS" -f Makefile-libbz2_so
+make CC="$CC $CFLAGS -fPIC $LDFLAGS" bzip2recover libbz2.a
 
 for bin in bzip2-shared bzdiff bzgrep bzip2recover bzmore; do
     install -Dm755 "$bin" "$1/usr/bin/${bin%%-shared}"