diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index f7de30e..6e0dc69 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
-    env::var_os,
+    env::{var, var_os},
     io::{self, ErrorKind},
     path::Path,
     process,
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ use clap_complete::shells;
 // SubCommand defined here
 include!("src/cli.rs");
 
-fn compile_helper(name: &str, out_dir: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
-    process::Command::new("gcc")
+fn gcc() -> String {
+    // TARGET looks like aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+    match var("TARGET") {
+        Ok(target) => {
+            // We're looking for an environment variable looking like
+            // CC_aarch64_unknown_linux_musl
+            let target = target.replace("-", "_");
+            var(format!("CC_{}", target.replace("-", "_"))).ok()
+        }
+        Err(_) => None,
+    }
+    .unwrap_or("gcc".into())
+}
+
+fn compile_helper(cc: &str, name: &str, out_dir: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
+    process::Command::new(cc)
         .args([
             &format!("helpers_c/{name}.c"),
             "-o",
@@ -26,8 +40,10 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
         let out_dir = PathBuf::from(var_os("OUT_DIR").ok_or(ErrorKind::NotFound)?).join("../../..");
 
         // Compile C helpers
-        compile_helper("ip46tables", &out_dir)?;
-        compile_helper("nft46", &out_dir)?;
+        let cc = gcc();
+        println!("CC is: {}", cc);
+        compile_helper(&cc, "ip46tables", &out_dir)?;
+        compile_helper(&cc, "nft46", &out_dir)?;
 
         // Build CLI
         let cli = clap::Command::new("reaction");