1diff --git a/configure b/configure
2index 36fcf67..39612f3 100755
3--- a/configure
4+++ b/configure
5@@ -143,6 +143,16 @@ firstcompiler = None
6 with open('compilers/default') as f:
7 for c in f.readlines():
8 c = c.strip()
9+ if env_cc := os.getenv('CC'):
10+ c_as_list= c.split()
11+ # check if the compiler we're testing has the name inside the last
12+ # part of the CC env var
13+ # i.e. gcc == x86_64-linux-unknown-gnu-gcc
14+ # or gcc == gcc
15+ if c_as_list[0] == env_cc.split("-")[-1]:
16+ c_as_list[0] = env_cc
17+ c = ' '.join(c_as_list)
18+ log('patched command as %s' % c)
19 cv = compilerversion(c)
20 if cv == None:
21 log('skipping default compiler %s' % c)
22diff --git a/scripts-build/staticlib b/scripts-build/staticlib
23index 7b2fc92..a6bbe41 100755
24--- a/scripts-build/staticlib
25+++ b/scripts-build/staticlib
26@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ lib="$1"
27 shift
28
29 rm -f package/lib/"$lib".a
30-ar cr package/lib/"$lib".a "$@"
31-ranlib package/lib/"$lib".a || :
32+${AR:-ar} cr package/lib/"$lib".a "$@"
33+${RANLIB:-ranlib} package/lib/"$lib".a || :
34 chmod 644 package/lib/"$lib".a