diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/development_tools.rb b/Library/Homebrew/development_tools.rb
index c0e0c33965..99704ec69f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/development_tools.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/development_tools.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class DevelopmentTools
 
     def non_apple_gcc_version(cc)
       (@non_apple_gcc_version ||= {}).fetch(cc) do
-        path = HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"opt/gcc/bin"/cc
+        path = HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"opt/#{CompilerSelector.preferred_gcc}/bin"/cc
         path = locate(cc) unless path.exist?
         version = if path &&
                      build_version = `#{path} --version`[/gcc(?:(?:-\d+(?:\.\d)?)? \(.+\))? (\d+\.\d\.\d)/, 1]