diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index da42661c5..e9962ac98 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ update-revision:
 .PHONY: all update-revision install install-bin install-hdrs install-lib install-data uninstall uninstall-bin uninstall-hdrs uninstall-lib uninstall-data clean distclean dist $(OBJECTS:.lo=.d)
 
 $(objects)/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(VERSION_OBJECTS)
-	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(VERSION_OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(LT_LDFLAGS)
+	$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(VERSION_OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(LT_LDFLAGS)
 
 $(objects)/$(SDLMAIN_TARGET): $(SDLMAIN_OBJECTS)
 	$(AR) cru $@ $(SDLMAIN_OBJECTS)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ae3200c25..97b57f316 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3165,7 +3165,7 @@ for EXT in asm cc m c S; do
     OBJECTS=`echo "$OBJECTS" | sed 's,[[^ ]]*/\([[^ ]]*\)\.'$EXT',$(objects)/\1.lo,g'`
     DEPENDS=`echo "$DEPENDS" | sed "s,^\\([[^ ]]*\\)/\\([[^ ]]*\\)\\.$EXT\\$,\\\\
 \\$(objects)/\\2.lo: \\1/\\2.$EXT\\\\
-	\\$(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
+	\\$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
 done
 
 VERSION_OBJECTS=`echo $VERSION_SOURCES`
@@ -3180,14 +3180,14 @@ SDLMAIN_DEPENDS=`echo $SDLMAIN_SOURCES`
 SDLMAIN_OBJECTS=`echo "$SDLMAIN_OBJECTS" | sed 's,[[^ ]]*/\([[^ ]]*\)\.c,$(objects)/\1.o,g'`
 SDLMAIN_DEPENDS=`echo "$SDLMAIN_DEPENDS" | sed "s,\\([[^ ]]*\\)/\\([[^ ]]*\\)\\.c,\\\\
 \\$(objects)/\\2.o: \\1/\\2.c\\\\
-	\\$(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
+	\\$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
 
 SDLTEST_OBJECTS=`echo $SDLTEST_SOURCES`
 SDLTEST_DEPENDS=`echo $SDLTEST_SOURCES`
 SDLTEST_OBJECTS=`echo "$SDLTEST_OBJECTS" | sed 's,[[^ ]]*/\([[^ ]]*\)\.c,$(objects)/\1.o,g'`
 SDLTEST_DEPENDS=`echo "$SDLTEST_DEPENDS" | sed "s,\\([[^ ]]*\\)/\\([[^ ]]*\\)\\.c,\\\\
 \\$(objects)/\\2.o: \\1/\\2.c\\\\
-	\\$(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
+	\\$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile \\$(CC) \\$(CFLAGS) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $DEPENDENCY_TRACKING_OPTIONS -c \\$< -o \\$@,g"`
 
 # Set runtime shared library paths as needed