From: Sangeetha Elumalai <sangeetha.elumalai@timesys.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:18:00 +0530

diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index ac68731..6ffbdb7 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -428,7 +428,11 @@ intercept_cc_args() {
 	# Let's detect the compiler first
 	cd $builddir/cc_test
 	curdir=`pwd`
-	cc=`make -C $kerneldir M=$curdir -pn 2> /dev/null | grep "^HOSTCC" | grep -v '\\$' | tail -1 | awk -F "=" '{print $2}'`
+	if [ -n "${CC:-}" ]; then
+		cc="$CC"
+	else
+		cc=`make -C $kerneldir M=$curdir -pn 2> /dev/null | grep "^HOSTCC" | grep -v '\\$' | tail -1 | awk -F "=" '{print $2}'`
+	fi
 
 	echo "Detected compiler: $cc"
 
-- 
2.25.1