diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index efd2104..5cfbb5a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 .POSIX:
 
 PREFIX = /usr/local
+CC = gcc
 
 dwmblocks: dwmblocks.o
-	gcc dwmblocks.o -lX11 -o dwmblocks
+	$(CC) dwmblocks.o -lX11 -o dwmblocks
 dwmblocks.o: dwmblocks.c config.h
-	gcc -c -lX11 dwmblocks.c
+	$(CC) -c dwmblocks.c
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.gch dwmblocks
 install: dwmblocks