diff --git a/main/linux-grsec/APKBUILD b/main/linux-grsec/APKBUILD
index b514a1a5d7074d19aae75acaadb2dbf28b5802a1..759d6716e32497c74974f237fae15961f4c5cdb2 100644
--- a/main/linux-grsec/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/linux-grsec/APKBUILD
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ prepare() {
 
 	mkdir -p "$srcdir"/build
 	cp "$srcdir"/$_config "$srcdir"/build/.config
-	make -C "$srcdir"/linux-$_kernver O="$srcdir"/build HOSTCC="$CC" \
+	make -C "$srcdir"/linux-$_kernver O="$srcdir"/build HOSTCC="${CC:-gcc}" \
 		silentoldconfig
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ menuconfig() {
 
 build() {
 	cd "$srcdir"/build
-	make CC="$CC" || return 1
+	make CC="${CC:--gcc}" || return 1
 }
 
 package() {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ dev() {
 	# external modules, and create the scripts
 	mkdir -p "$dir"
 	cp "$srcdir"/$_config "$dir"/.config
-	make -j1 -C "$srcdir"/linux-$_kernver O="$dir" HOSTCC="$CC" \
+	make -j1 -C "$srcdir"/linux-$_kernver O="$dir" HOSTCC="${CC:-gcc}" \
 		silentoldconfig prepare scripts
 
 	# remove the stuff that poits to real sources. we want 3rd party