diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 81b263fa19..e374a69dca 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -1647,10 +1647,11 @@ if ($shlib_version_number =~ /(^[0-9]*)\.([0-9\.]*)/)
 	$shlib_minor=$2;
 	}
 
+my $ecc = $cc;
+$ecc = "clang" if `$cc --version 2>&1` =~ /clang/;
+
 if ($strict_warnings)
 	{
-	my $ecc = $cc;
-	$ecc = "clang" if `$cc --version 2>&1` =~ /clang/;
 	my $wopt;
 	die "ERROR --strict-warnings requires gcc or clang" unless ($ecc =~ /gcc$/ or $ecc =~ /clang$/);
 	foreach $wopt (split /\s+/, $gcc_devteam_warn)
@@ -1714,6 +1715,7 @@ while (<IN>)
 		s/^AR=\s*ar/AR= $ar/;
 		s/^RANLIB=.*/RANLIB= $ranlib/;
 		s/^MAKEDEPPROG=.*$/MAKEDEPPROG= $cc/ if $cc eq "gcc";
+		s/^MAKEDEPPROG=.*$/MAKEDEPPROG= $cc/ if $ecc eq "gcc" || $ecc eq "clang";
 		}
 	s/^CFLAG=.*$/CFLAG= $cflags/;
 	s/^DEPFLAG=.*$/DEPFLAG=$depflags/;
diff --git a/util/domd b/util/domd
index bab48cb7a2..6a628c7f96 100755
--- a/util/domd
+++ b/util/domd
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ if [ "$MAKEDEPEND" = "" ]; then MAKEDEPEND=makedepend; fi
 cp Makefile Makefile.save
 # fake the presence of Kerberos
 touch $TOP/krb5.h
-if expr "$MAKEDEPEND" : '.*gcc$' > /dev/null; then
+if ${MAKEDEPEND} --version 2>&1 | grep -q "clang" ||
+   echo $MAKEDEPEND | grep -q "gcc"; then
     args=""
     while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 	if [ "$1" != "--" ]; then args="$args $1"; fi