1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/environment.py b/environment.py
index 39d23e7..3253295 100644
--- a/environment.py
+++ b/environment.py
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ class Environment():
         return os.path.join(path, 'depfixer.py')
 
     def detect_cpp_compiler(self):
-        evar = 'CC'
+        evar = 'CXX'
         if evar in os.environ:
             compilers = os.environ[evar].split()
             ccache = []