Index: packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/plugins/builder_base.py
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--- packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/plugins/builder_base.py
+++ packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/plugins/builder_base.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import os, sys
 import platform
 import lldbsuite.test.lldbtest as lldbtest
+from subprocess import check_output, STDOUT
 
 def getArchitecture():
     """Returns the architecture in effect the test suite is running with."""
@@ -22,7 +23,20 @@
 
 def getCompiler():
     """Returns the compiler in effect the test suite is running with."""
-    return os.environ["CC"] if "CC" in os.environ else "clang"
+    if not "CC" in os.environ:
+      return "clang"
+
+    compiler = os.environ["CC"]
+    if "gcc" in compiler or "clang" in compiler:
+      return compiler
+
+    version = check_output([compiler, "-v"], stderr=STDOUT);
+    if version.find("clang") != -1:
+      return "clang"
+    if version.find("gcc") != -1:
+      return "gcc"
+
+    return compiler
 
 def getArchFlag():
     """Returns the flag required to specify the arch"""