--- Makefile.orig	2011-11-14 13:56:35.426165313 -0500
+++ Makefile	2011-11-14 13:58:05.791162663 -0500
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 FORT := fort 
 AWK  := gawk
 
-MNOCYGWIN     ?= $(shell $(OCAMLC) -verbose foo.c 2>&1 | $(AWK) "NR==1 { print \$$3 }")	
+MNOCYGWIN     ?= $(shell $(OCAMLC) -verbose foo.c 2>&1 | $(AWK) 'NR==1 { print $3 }')	
 ifeq ($(MNOCYGWIN),-mnocygwin)
 OCAML_BACKEND := mingw
 endif
 
-OCAML_BACKEND ?= $(shell $(OCAMLC) -verbose foo.c 2>&1 | $(AWK) "NR==1 { print \$$2 }")
+OCAML_BACKEND ?= $(shell $(OCAMLC) -verbose foo.c 2>&1 | $(AWK) 'NR==1 { print $2 }')
 OCAML_VERSION ?= $(shell $(OCAMLC) -version)
 
 OCAMLBCFLAGS := -g 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 ifeq ($(OCAML_BACKEND),cl)
 include msvc.mak
 else
-ifeq ($(OCAML_BACKEND:gcc%=gcc),gcc)
+ifneq (,$(findstring gcc,$(OCAML_BACKEND)))
 include gcc.mak
 else
 include mingw.mak