diff --git a/FIXES b/FIXES
index 2dea4d8..3e87bca 100644
--- a/FIXES
+++ b/FIXES
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ THIS SOFTWARE.
 This file lists all bug fixes, changes, etc., made since the AWK book
 was sent to the printers in August, 1987.
 
+Mar 12, 2019:
+	Added very simplistic support for cross-compiling in the
+	makefile.  We are NOT going to go in the direction of the
+	autotools, though.  Thanks to GitHub user nee-san for
+	the basic change. (Merged from PR #34.)
+
 Mar 5, 2019:
 	Added support for POSIX-standard interval expressions (a.k.a.
 	bounds, a.k.a. repetition expressions) in regular expressions,
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 290351e..3c0b62e 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CFLAGS = -O2
 #CC = gcc -O4 -Wall -pedantic -fno-strict-aliasing
 #CC = gcc -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage # then gcov f1.c; cat f1.c.gcov
 HOSTCC = gcc -g -Wall -pedantic 
-CC ?= $(HOSTCC)
+CC = $(HOSTCC)  # change this is cross-compiling.
 
 # yacc options.  pick one; this varies a lot by system.
 #YFLAGS = -d -S