diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 71690c792719370059bcdc010b9ef4119b01c6cb..a5a1e9ace7c9fa4387f56bf13a805d32e26c8e38 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DTC ?= dtc
 CPP ?= cpp
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= $(shell uname -r)
 
-DTCVERSION = $(shell dtc --version | grep ^Version | sed 's/^.* //g')
+DTCVERSION = $(shell $(DTC) --version | grep ^Version | sed 's/^.* //g')
 
 MAKEFLAGS += -rR --no-print-directory