diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 65a7dfeb50..c33b714159 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	# probably no gnu date installed(?), use current date
 	last_cvs_update=`date +%y%m%d-%H:%M`
 fi
-gcc_version=`gcc --version`
+cc=`cat config.mak |grep CC | cut -d '=' -f 2`
+cc_version=`${cc} --version`
 
-echo "#define VERSION \"CVS-${last_cvs_update}-gcc-${gcc_version} \"" >version.h
+echo "#define VERSION \"CVS-${last_cvs_update}${cc}-${cc_version} \"" >version.h