diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc2c0dc..a7462c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 NAME    = mcaselector-lite
 DEBUG   ?= 0
 CC      ?= cc
-LD      ?= ld
+LD      ?= cc
 
 # setting default compilation flags
 # some of which are able to be overwritten, others are always appended