Index: gobject/valaccodecompiler.vala
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--- gobject/valaccodecompiler.vala	(revision 497)
+++ gobject/valaccodecompiler.vala	(working copy)
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@
 		// TODO compile the C code files in parallel
 
 		if (cc_command == null) {
-			cc_command = "cc";
+		        string cc = Environment.get_variable("CC");
+			if (cc == null)
+				cc_command = "cc";
+			else
+				cc_command = cc;
 		}
 		string cmdline = cc_command;
 		if (context.debug) {