diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4812a499c20515a0149f306aa964469a45da216..c9ae4493ddacc2edbd9bdbe7c874b7d48a768b75 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ LDLIBS   += -lm
 
 # Clang sanitizer compiler options
 CCCLANG = clang
+ifeq "$(CLANG)" "0"
+CC       = $(CCCLANG)
+endif
 ifeq "$(CLANG)" "1"
 CC       = $(CCCLANG)
 CFLAGS  += -fsanitize=memory