1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bin/mklib b/bin/mklib
index 59dd0096f4c..2f6beff7c86 100755
--- a/bin/mklib
+++ b/bin/mklib
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ case $ARCH in
     'Linux' | 'OpenBSD')
 	# GCC-based environment
 
+	# Set default compilers if env vars not set
+	if [ "x$CXX" = "x" ] ; then
+	    CXX=g++
+	fi
+	if [ "x$CC" = "x" ] ; then
+	    CC=gcc
+	fi
+
 	if [ $NOPREFIX = 1 ] ; then
 	    # No "lib" or ".so" part
 	    echo "mklib: Making" $ARCH "shared library: " ${LIBNAME}