diff --git a/rbutil/mkamsboot/Makefile b/rbutil/mkamsboot/Makefile
index 12058ecab8..3b4cc11404 100644
--- a/rbutil/mkamsboot/Makefile
+++ b/rbutil/mkamsboot/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # We use the UCL code available in the Rockbox tools/ directory
 CFLAGS=-I../../tools/ucl/include -Wall
 LIBUCL=../../tools/ucl/src/libucl.a
+CC = gcc
 
 #change for releases
 APPVERSION=`../../tools/version.sh`
diff --git a/tools/ucl/src/Makefile b/tools/ucl/src/Makefile
index a390c7bd38..b4b841a4f1 100644
--- a/tools/ucl/src/Makefile
+++ b/tools/ucl/src/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # $Id$
 #
 CFLAGS = -I../include
+CC = gcc
 
 ifndef V
 SILENT = @