diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index cdbe606fe5..2dd3ed11d0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ set ( KFD_LIB "kfdwrapper64" )
 set ( KFD_LIB_SRC
   ${LIB_DIR}/kfd/kfd_wrapper.cpp
 )
-execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "gcc -E ${HSA_KMT_INC_PATH}/hsakmttypes.h > ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/hsakmttypes_pp.h" )
+execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -E ${HSA_KMT_INC_PATH}/hsakmttypes.h > ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/hsakmttypes_pp.h" )
 execute_process ( COMMAND sh -xc "${ROOT_DIR}/script/gen_ostream_ops.py -in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/hsakmttypes_pp.h -out ${ROOT_DIR}/inc/kfd_ostream_ops.h" )
 add_library ( ${KFD_LIB} SHARED ${KFD_LIB_SRC} )
 target_include_directories ( ${KFD_LIB} PRIVATE ${LIB_DIR} ${ROOT_DIR} ${ROOT_DIR}/inc ${HSA_RUNTIME_INC_PATH} ${HSA_RUNTIME_HSA_INC_PATH} ${HSA_KMT_INC_PATH} )