diff --git a/clang/test/lit.cfg.py b/clang/test/lit.cfg.py
--- a/clang/test/lit.cfg.py
+++ b/clang/test/lit.cfg.py
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
     ('%hmaptool', "'%s' %s" % (config.python_executable,
                              os.path.join(config.clang_tools_dir, 'hmaptool'))))
 
+config.substitutions.append(('%host_cc', config.host_cc))
+config.substitutions.append(('%host_cxx', config.host_cxx))
+
 
 # Plugins (loadable modules)
 if config.has_plugins and config.llvm_plugin_ext:
diff --git a/clang/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/clang/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/clang/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/clang/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 config.clang_tools_dir = path(r"@CLANG_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.host_triple = "@LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE@"
 config.target_triple = "@TARGET_TRIPLE@"
+config.host_cc = "@CMAKE_C_COMPILER@"
 config.host_cxx = "@CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER@"
 config.llvm_use_sanitizer = "@LLVM_USE_SANITIZER@"
 config.have_zlib = @LLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB@