--- Makefile.ori	2009-08-17 11:01:43.000000000 +0200
+++ Makefile.ori	2009-08-17 11:02:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ 
 # Edited for Debian GNU/Linux.
 DESTDIR =
 
+CC = gcc
 LDFLAGS = -lncurses
 CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall
 #CFLAGS = -Wall -g
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ 
 all : ethstatus
 
 ethstatus : ethstatus.c ethstatus.h
-	gcc $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o ${BIN} ${SRC}
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o ${BIN} ${SRC}
 
 clean:
 	rm -f ${BIN} *.o core *~