diff --git a/efi/meson.build b/efi/meson.build
index 936ba3c..53687b1 100644
--- a/efi/meson.build
+++ b/efi/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 generate_sbat = find_program('generate_sbat.py', native: true)
 generate_binary = find_program('generate_binary.py', native: true)
 
-efi_cc = get_option('efi-cc')
+efi_cc = run_command('sh', '-c', 'echo $CC')
 efi_ld = get_option('efi-ld')
 efi_ldsdir = get_option('efi-ldsdir')
 efi_incdir = get_option('efi-includedir')