diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-fan/files/Makefile b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-fan/files/Makefile
index 8ca27e4..10e3fa2 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-fan/files/Makefile
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-fan/files/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 EXE     = obmc-phosphor-fand
 OBJS    = $(EXE).o
 DEPPKGS = gio-unix-2.0 glib-2.0
-CC      = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+CC      ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 INCLUDES += $(shell pkg-config --cflags $(DEPPKGS))
 LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs $(DEPPKGS))