diff --git a/format-code.sh b/format-code.sh
index d298d36..64bf6e9 100755
--- a/format-code.sh
+++ b/format-code.sh
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 
 echo "Formatting code under $DIR/"
 
+: ${CLANG_FORMAT:=clang-format}
+
 # Only validate certain areas of the code base for
 # formatting due to some imported code in webui
 
 if [ -f ".clang-format" ]; then
-    clang-format-8 -i `git ls-files '*.js'`
+    $CLANG_FORMAT -i `git ls-files '*.js'`
     git --no-pager diff --exit-code
 fi