--- objcryst-fox-2022.1.orig/ObjCryst/rules-gnu.mak
+++ objcryst-fox-2022.1/ObjCryst/rules-gnu.mak
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 CRYST_LDFLAGS   = ${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L$(DIR_CRYSTVECTOR) -L$(DIR_LIBCRYST) -L$(DIR_REFOBJ) -L$(DIR_STATIC_LIBS)/lib -L$(DIR_VFNQUIRKS) -L$(DIR_WXWCRYST) -L$(DIR_TAU)/x86_64/lib
 
 #to automatically generate dependencies
-MAKEDEPEND = gcc -MM ${CPPFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS} ${C_BLITZFLAG} $< > $*.dep
+MAKEDEPEND = $(CC) -MM ${CPPFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS} ${C_BLITZFLAG} $< > $*.dep
 
 # header files
 SEARCHDIRS = -I$(DIR_TAU)/include -I${DIR_CRYST}/.. -I$(DIR_STATIC_LIBS)/include