diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 7370284f881..d5dc79988f3 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -971,7 +971,11 @@ FASTBUILD_PARAMS += $(FASTBUILD_TARGET)-x32
 endif
 endif
 else
+ifdef OVERRIDE_CC
+GCC_VERSION      := $(shell $(TOOLCHAIN)$(subst @,,$(OVERRIDE_CC)) -dumpversion 2> /dev/null)
+else
 GCC_VERSION      := $(shell $(TOOLCHAIN)$(subst @,,$(CC)) -dumpversion 2> /dev/null)
+endif
 ifneq ($(OS),solaris)
 CLANG_VERSION    := $(shell $(TOOLCHAIN)$(subst @,,$(CC))  --version  2> /dev/null | head -n 1 | grep -e 'version [0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\(\.[0-9]\+\)\?' -o | grep -e '[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\(\.[0-9]\+\)\?' -o | tail -n 1)
 endif