diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 5d37a3d2e09..1e08f34718c 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS], [
 	*-apple-darwin*)
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fno-common"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".dylib"
-	    SHLIB_LD="cc -dynamiclib -compatibility_version \${GRASS_VERSION_MAJOR}.\${GRASS_VERSION_MINOR} -current_version \${GRASS_VERSION_MAJOR}.\${GRASS_VERSION_MINOR} -install_name \${INST_DIR}/lib/lib\${LIB_NAME}\${SHLIB_SUFFIX}"
+	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} -dynamiclib -compatibility_version \${GRASS_VERSION_MAJOR}.\${GRASS_VERSION_MINOR} -current_version \${GRASS_VERSION_MAJOR}.\${GRASS_VERSION_MINOR} -install_name \${INST_DIR}/lib/lib\${LIB_NAME}\${SHLIB_SUFFIX}"
 	    LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 	    ;;
 	*-sun-solaris*)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c2baecd9d21..0b5f1e97c24 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ ac_save_ldflags="$LDFLAGS"
 	*-apple-darwin*)
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fno-common"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".dylib"
-	    SHLIB_LD="cc -dynamiclib -compatibility_version \${GRASS_VERSION_MAJOR}.\${GRASS_VERSION_MINOR} -current_version \${GRASS_VERSION_MAJOR}.\${GRASS_VERSION_MINOR} -install_name \${INST_DIR}/lib/lib\${LIB_NAME}\${SHLIB_SUFFIX}"
+	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} -dynamiclib -compatibility_version \${GRASS_VERSION_MAJOR}.\${GRASS_VERSION_MINOR} -current_version \${GRASS_VERSION_MAJOR}.\${GRASS_VERSION_MINOR} -install_name \${INST_DIR}/lib/lib\${LIB_NAME}\${SHLIB_SUFFIX}"
 	    LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 	    ;;
 	*-sun-solaris*)