diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 44a1d63198..c5438979f7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ifeq ($(INNER_SCANBUILD),y)
 CC_real:=$(CC)
 endif
 
-$(if $(wildcard .xcompile),,$(eval $(shell bash util/xcompile/xcompile > .xcompile)))
+$(if $(wildcard .xcompile),,$(eval $(shell bash util/xcompile/xcompile $(XGCCPATH) > .xcompile)))
 include .xcompile
 
 ifeq ($(INNER_SCANBUILD),y)
diff --git a/util/xcompile/xcompile b/util/xcompile/xcompile
index b68e1b3a79..9a0a295c75 100644
--- a/util/xcompile/xcompile
+++ b/util/xcompile/xcompile
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ for make in make gmake gnumake; do
 done
 
 GCCPREFIX=invalid
-XGCCPATH="`pwd`/util/crossgcc/xgcc/bin/"
+XGCCPATH=${1:-"`pwd`/util/crossgcc/xgcc/bin/"}
+echo '#XGCCPATH='${XGCCPATH}
 TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/temp.XXXX 2>/dev/null || echo /tmp/temp.78gOIUGz`
 touch $TMPFILE