diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
index 3ed0134a764d..67386aa3f31d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # This mimics the top-level Makefile. We do it explicitly here so that this
 # Makefile can operate with or without the kbuild infrastructure.
+ifneq ($(LLVM),)
+CC := clang
+else
 CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+endif
 
 ifeq (0,$(MAKELEVEL))
     ifeq ($(OUTPUT),)