diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 79b1bd0..fb87d2b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SHELL = /bin/bash -o pipefail
 
 # using gcc version 5.4.1 20161213 (Linaro GCC 5.4-2017.01-rc2)
-BASE    = arm-linux-gnueabihf
+BASE    = /opt/linaro/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf
 
 CC      = $(BASE)-gcc
 LD      = $(CC)