diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e4fd7dc38c..1e147e0e05 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21419,10 +21419,11 @@ SAMPLES_SUBDIRS="`echo $SAMPLES_SUBDIRS | tr -s ' ' | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq
 
 
 
+
 
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:21426: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}" >&5
+echo "configure:21427: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}" >&5
 set dummy ${MAKE-make}; ac_make=`echo "$2" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_make_${ac_make}_set'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -21717,6 +21718,7 @@ s%@MACOSX_BUNDLE@%$MACOSX_BUNDLE%g
 s%@LIBWXMACRES@%$LIBWXMACRES%g
 s%@LIBWXMACRESCOMP@%$LIBWXMACRESCOMP%g
 s%@LIBWXMACRESWXCONFIG@%$LIBWXMACRESWXCONFIG%g
+s%@GCC@%$GCC%g
 s%@DLLTOOL@%$DLLTOOL%g
 s%@AS@%$AS%g
 s%@NM@%$NM%g
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4e07777779..ae03182228 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ dnl   defines GCC empty if not using gcc
 dnl   defines CFLAGS
 dnl
 dnl this magic incantation is needed to prevent AC_PROG_CC from setting the
-dnl default CFLAGS (something like "-g -O2") - we don't need this as add
+dnl default CFLAGS (something like "-g -O2") -- we don't need this as we add
 dnl -g and -O flags ourselves below
 CFLAGS=${CFLAGS:=}
 AC_PROG_CC
@@ -5144,7 +5144,8 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBWXMACRES)
 AC_SUBST(LIBWXMACRESCOMP)
 AC_SUBST(LIBWXMACRESWXCONFIG)
 
-dnl These seem to be missing
+dnl other tools
+AC_SUBST(GCC)
 AC_SUBST(DLLTOOL)
 AC_SUBST(AS)
 AC_SUBST(NM)