diff -burN openssl-0.9.8k/config openssl-0.9.8k.patched/config
--- openssl-0.9.8k/config	2009-02-16 09:43:41.000000000 +0100
+++ openssl-0.9.8k.patched/config	2009-03-27 19:38:37.262255825 +0100
@@ -399,8 +399,11 @@
 # this is where the translation occurs into SSLeay terms
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# figure out if gcc is available and if so we use it otherwise
+# we fallback to whatever cc does on the system
 GCCVER=`(gcc -dumpversion) 2>/dev/null`
 if [ "$GCCVER" != "" ]; then
+  CC=gcc
   # then strip off whatever prefix egcs prepends the number with...
   # Hopefully, this will work for any future prefixes as well.
   GCCVER=`echo $GCCVER | LC_ALL=C sed 's/^[a-zA-Z]*\-//'`
@@ -409,6 +412,8 @@
   # major and minor version numbers.
   # peak single digit before and after first dot, e.g. 2.95.1 gives 29
   GCCVER=`echo $GCCVER | sed 's/\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]\).*/\1\2/'`
+else
+  CC=cc
 fi
 
 # Only set CC if not supplied already