diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
index 17f213879e..13b54ead65 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ OBJECTS = DevicePath.o UefiDevicePathLib.o DevicePathFromText.o  DevicePathUtili
 
 include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile
 
-GCCVERSION = $(shell gcc -dumpversion | awk -F'.' '{print $$1}')
+GCCVERSION = $(shell $(BUILD_CC) -dumpversion | awk -F'.' '{print $$1}')
 ifneq ("$(GCCVERSION)", "5")
 ifneq ($(CXX), llvm)
 ifneq ($(DARWIN),Darwin)