diff --git a/Makefile.Linux b/Makefile.Linux
index 95ae311..ff763da 100644
--- a/Makefile.Linux
+++ b/Makefile.Linux
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CC = gcc
 
 CFLAGS = -g  -fPIC -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -c -pthread -DWITHSPLICE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DGETHOSTBYNAME_R -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -DNOODBC -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DFD_SETSIZE=4096 -DWITH_POLL -DWITH_NETFILTER
 COUT = -o 
-LN = gcc
+LN = $(CC)
 DCFLAGS = 
 LDFLAGS = -fPIE -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pthread
 DLFLAGS = -shared
diff --git a/Makefile.Solaris b/Makefile.Solaris
index 414598e..8e84f20 100644
--- a/Makefile.Solaris
+++ b/Makefile.Solaris
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BUILDDIR = ../bin/
 CC = cc
 CFLAGS = -xO3 -c -D_SOLARIS -D_THREAD_SAFE -DGETHOSTBYNAME_R -D_REENTRANT -DNOODBC -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DFD_SETSIZE=4096 -DWITH_POLL
 COUT = -o ./
-LN = cc
+LN = $(CC)
 LDFLAGS = -xO3
 DCFLAGS = -fPIC
 DLFLAGS = -shared
diff --git a/Makefile.Solaris-gcc b/Makefile.Solaris-gcc
index 6369337..6d3bba3 100644
--- a/Makefile.Solaris-gcc
+++ b/Makefile.Solaris-gcc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BUILDDIR = ../bin/
 CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -c -D_SOLARIS -D_THREAD_SAFE -DGETHOSTBYNAME_R -D_REENTRANT -DNOODBC -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DFD_SETSIZE=4096 -DWITH_POLL
 COUT = -o ./
-LN = gcc
+LN = $(CC)
 LDFLAGS = -O3
 DCFLAGS = -fPIC
 DLFLAGS = -shared
diff --git a/Makefile.llvm b/Makefile.llvm
index 849e099..a4d2115 100644
--- a/Makefile.llvm
+++ b/Makefile.llvm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BUILDDIR = ../bin/
 CC = clang
 CFLAGS = -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -c -pthread -static -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DNOIPV6
 COUT = -o 
-LN = clang
+LN = $(CC)
 LDFLAGS = -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -static -s
 DLFLAGS = -shared
 DLSUFFICS = .dll
diff --git a/Makefile.openwrt-mips b/Makefile.openwrt-mips
index 1e8e844..e6eecc5 100644
--- a/Makefile.openwrt-mips
+++ b/Makefile.openwrt-mips
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CC = mips-openwrt-linux-gcc
 
 CFLAGS = -g -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -c -pthread -DGETHOSTBYNAME_R -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -DNOODBC -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DFD_SETSIZE=4096 -DWITH_POLL -DWITH_NETFILTER
 COUT = -o 
-LN = mips-openwrt-linux-gcc
+LN = $(CC)
 DCFLAGS = -fPIC
 LDFLAGS = -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pthread -s
 DLFLAGS = -shared
diff --git a/Makefile.unix b/Makefile.unix
index 6575aeb..742c5aa 100644
--- a/Makefile.unix
+++ b/Makefile.unix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CC = gcc
 # you may need -L/usr/pkg/lib for older NetBSD versions
 CFLAGS = -g -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -c -pthread -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -DNOODBC -DWITH_STD_MALLOC -DFD_SETSIZE=4096 -DWITH_POLL
 COUT = -o 
-LN = gcc
+LN = $(CC)
 LDFLAGS = -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pthread
 # -lpthreads may be reuqired on some platforms instead of -pthreads
 # -ldl or -lld may be required for some platforms