diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index 1a80ef7..60b20ca 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   echo \#define BAREBOX_COMPILE_BY \"`echo $BAREBOX_COMPILE_BY | $UTS_TRUNCATE`\"
   echo \#define BAREBOX_COMPILE_HOST \"`echo $BAREBOX_COMPILE_HOST | $UTS_TRUNCATE`\"
 
-  echo \#define BAREBOX_COMPILER \"`$CC -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\"
+  echo \#define BAREBOX_COMPILER \"`$CC -v 2>&1 | grep ' version ' | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//'`\"
 ) > .tmpcompile
 
 # Only replace the real compile.h if the new one is different,