diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index f31d4bd04d9..4499d9e07cb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ optimizer; and it can produce photorealistic and design review images.")
       #:phases
       #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
           (add-after 'unpack 'cc-is-gcc
-            (lambda _ (setenv "CC" "gcc")))
+            (lambda _ (setenv "CC" #$(cc-for-target))))
           (replace 'configure
             ;; The configure script doesn't tolerate most of our configure flags.
             (lambda _