diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV.rb
index f5a61faa55..f0e2364ab2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV.rb
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ module HomebrewEnvExtension
       self['CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH'] = "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}"
     end
 
+    xcode_path = `/usr/bin/xcode-select -print-path`.chomp
+    xcode_path = "/Developer" if xcode_path.to_s.empty?
     if MACOS_VERSION >= 10.6 and (self['HOMEBREW_USE_LLVM'] or ARGV.include? '--use-llvm')
-      xcode_path = `/usr/bin/xcode-select -print-path`.chomp
-      xcode_path = "/Developer" if xcode_path.to_s.empty?
       self['CC'] = "#{xcode_path}/usr/bin/llvm-gcc"
       self['CXX'] = "#{xcode_path}/usr/bin/llvm-g++"
       cflags = ['-O4'] # link time optimisation baby!
     elsif MACOS_VERSION >= 10.6 and (self['HOMEBREW_USE_GCC'] or ARGV.include? '--use-gcc')
-      self['CC'] = '/usr/bin/gcc'
-      self['CXX'] = '/usr/bin/g++'
+      self['CC'] = "#{xcode_path}/usr/bin/gcc"
+      self['CXX'] = "#{xcode_path}/usr/bin/g++"
       cflags = ['-O3']
     else
       # If these aren't set, many formulae fail to build