diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index e5e8e65a..88854865 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ifeq ($(USE_PROJECT_LIB),true)
 else
   $(EXE) $(EXE_BIN): $(OBJ)
 endif
-	$(CC) $(sort $(OBJ)) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ 
+	$(CPP) $(sort $(OBJ)) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ 
 
 $(BUILD_BINDIR)/%: %
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_BINDIR)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ifeq ($(USE_PROJECT_LIB),true)
 else
   $(PLUGIN) $(PLUGIN_LIB): $(OBJ)
 endif
-	$(CC) -shared $(sort $(OBJ)) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ 
+	$(CPP) -shared $(sort $(OBJ)) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ 
 	mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
 	install -m 755 $@ $(LIBDIR)