diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ff8c1ca93e..83ecc4bbee 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ haikuSharedLibStdCxx=
 haikuStaticLibSupCxx=
 haikuSharedLibSupCxx=
 haikuCxxHeadersDir=
-hostGCCVersion=`cc -dumpversion`
+hostGCCVersion=`gcc -dumpversion`
 floppy=
 bochs_debug=0
 include_gpl_addons=0