diff --git a/autobuild.sh b/autobuild.sh
index eab130722..93a78fb5a 100755
--- a/autobuild.sh
+++ b/autobuild.sh
@@ -55,10 +55,17 @@ function ocf_precompile() {
 function build_native_dpdk() {
 	local external_dpdk_dir
 	local external_dpdk_base_dir
-	local gcc_version
+	local compiler_version
+	local compiler
 
-	gcc_version=$(gcc -dumpversion)
-	gcc_version=${gcc_version//./}
+	compiler=${CC:-gcc}
+	if [[ $compiler != *clang* && $compiler != *gcc* ]]; then
+		echo "Unsupported compiler detected ($compiler), failing the test" >&2
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	compiler_version=$("$compiler" -dumpversion)
+	compiler_version=${compiler_version%%.*}
 	external_dpdk_dir="$SPDK_RUN_EXTERNAL_DPDK"
 	external_dpdk_base_dir="$(dirname $external_dpdk_dir)"
 
@@ -75,11 +82,11 @@ function build_native_dpdk() {
 	dpdk_cflags="-fPIC -g -fcommon"
 	dpdk_ldflags=""
 
-	if [[ $gcc_version -ge 5 ]]; then
+	if [[ $compiler == *gcc* && $compiler_version -ge 5 ]]; then
 		dpdk_cflags+=" -Werror"
 	fi
 
-	if [[ $gcc_version -ge 10 ]]; then
+	if [[ $compiler == *gcc* && $compiler_version -ge 10 ]]; then
 		dpdk_cflags+=" -Wno-stringop-overflow"
 	fi