diff --git a/.abf.yml b/.abf.yml
index d730beb..0b807f4 100644
--- a/.abf.yml
+++ b/.abf.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 sources:
-  zstd-1.4.3.tar.gz: aa9628839ba5032482f4df805d1f15aa485583cf
+  zstd-1.4.4.tar.gz: 8ec1a47b704001c1804b8670a3c86f4baf035c07
diff --git a/zstd.spec b/zstd.spec
index aff995e..2069e59 100644
--- a/zstd.spec
+++ b/zstd.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 Summary:	Zstd compression library
 Name:		zstd
-Version:	1.4.3
+Version:	1.4.4
 Release:	1
 License:	BSD and GPLv2+
 Group:		Archiving/Compression
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ find -name .gitignore -delete
 
 %build
 for dir in lib programs; do
-  CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LDFLAGS="%{ldflags}" %make -C "$dir"
+  CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LDFLAGS="%{ldflags}" %make CC=%{__cc} -C "$dir"
 done
 %if %{with pzstd}
-CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LDFLAGS="%{ldflags}" CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -std=c++11" %make -C 'contrib/pzstd'
+CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LDFLAGS="%{ldflags}" CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -std=c++11" %make CC=%{__cc} -C 'contrib/pzstd'
 %endif
 
 %install