diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index aa58992d758..7f5fe003a1f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2003-12-01  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
-	* configure.in (powerpc-apple-darwin*): Use ${CC} instead of
+	* configure.in (powerpc-apple-darwin*): Use ${CC-cc} instead of
 	hardcoding gcc.
 	* configure: Rebuild.
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1734008516b..4f0a3dca61f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2576,7 +2576,7 @@ _ACEOF
   powerpc-apple-darwin* )
     machine=powermac opsys=darwin
     # Define CPP as follows to make autoconf work correctly.
-    CPP="${CC} -E -no-cpp-precomp"
+    CPP="${CC-cc} -E -no-cpp-precomp"
   ;;
 
   ## AMD x86-64 Linux-based GNU system