diff --git a/tools/lib/api/Makefile b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
index 2538675731c7..4563ba7ede6f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LIBFILE = $(OUTPUT)libapi.a
 CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS += -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC
 
-ifeq ($(CC), clang)
+ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 0)
   CFLAGS += -O3
 else
   CFLAGS += -O6
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile b/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
index 3d1c3b5b5150..7e9f03c97e4c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LIBFILE = $(OUTPUT)libsubcmd.a
 CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS += -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC
 
-ifeq ($(CC), clang)
+ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 0)
   CFLAGS += -O3
 else
   CFLAGS += -O6
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 6a64c6bbd9a5..63f534a0902f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ ifndef DEBUG
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(DEBUG),0)
-ifeq ($(CC), clang)
+ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 0)
   CFLAGS += -O3
 else
   CFLAGS += -O6
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ ifdef PYTHON_CONFIG
   PYTHON_EMBED_LDFLAGS := $(call strip-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS))
   PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD := $(call grep-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)) -lutil
   PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --cflags 2>/dev/null)
-  ifeq ($(CC), clang)
+  ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 1)
     PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(filter-out -specs=%,$(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS))
   endif
   FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
index 7aca5d6d7e1f..10e0814bb8d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.o: util/intel-pt-decoder/in
 
 CFLAGS_intel-pt-insn-decoder.o += -I$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder
 
-ifneq ($(CC), clang)
+ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 1)
   CFLAGS_intel-pt-insn-decoder.o += -Wno-override-init
 endif
diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
index ccad8ce925e4..1e8b6116ba3c 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wundef
 EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wwrite-strings
 EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wformat
 
-ifneq ($(CC), clang)
+CC_NO_CLANG := $(shell $(CC) -dM -E -x c /dev/null | grep -Fq "__clang__"; echo $$?)
+
+ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 1)
 EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wstrict-aliasing=3
 endif