diff --git a/make/detect_platform.lua b/make/detect_platform.lua
index 8dba298..fe8ae3e 100644
--- a/make/detect_platform.lua
+++ b/make/detect_platform.lua
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ elseif platform.OS == 'Windows' then
     end
 elseif platform.OS == 'Linux' then
     if     lm.platform == nil then
-    elseif lm.platform == "linux-x64" then
-    elseif lm.platform == "linux-arm64" then
-        lm.cc = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc'
+    elseif os.getenv("CC") then
+        lm.cc = os.getenv("CC")
     else
         error "unknown platform"
     end