diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index f221ddf690..88039ad467 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ UTS_TRUNCATE="cut -b -$UTS_LEN"
 # changed comment in the
 # first line.
 
+sed -i "s|COMPILER.*|COMPILER \"buildroot-gcc-$($CC -dumpversion)\"|g" .tmpcompile
+
 if [ -r $TARGET ] && \
       grep -v 'UTS_VERSION' $TARGET > .tmpver.1 && \
       grep -v 'UTS_VERSION' .tmpcompile > .tmpver.2 && \