diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 36f6bd3..60a6e56 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ target:
 	mkdir -p target
 
 target/nbody.c: target
-	clang -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=native -funroll-loops \
+	$(cc) -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=native -funroll-loops \
               nbody.c -o target/nbody.c -lm
 
 target/nbody-1: