diff --git a/cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh b/cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh
index 8ac08919b4b89bb81d5e2e228447661f57538657..1bc20bd86a940ec2376cc2a77c23e6b3ee0eee5b 100755
--- a/cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh
+++ b/cicd_testing/do-prot-bins.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ popd
 
 install_deps()
 {
-	sudo apt-get install -y binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu
+	sudo apt-get install -y binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
 }
 
 main()
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ main()
 	install_deps
 	export PS_OBJDUMP=$(which aarch64-linux-gnu-objdump)
 	export PS_READELF=$(which aarch64-linux-gnu-readelf)
+	export PS_GCC=$(which aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc)
+	export PS_OBJCOPY=$(which aarch64-linux-gnu-objcopy)
 
 
 	mkdir -p artifacts/protected_binaries
diff --git a/set_command_envs b/set_command_envs
index ee97496fb68e26dd201c903ed8189a8395ab4d08..2c3491faf46e3e6f9ed2edcf6875e09242206d93 100755
--- a/set_command_envs
+++ b/set_command_envs
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ if [[ -z $PS_TAR ]] ; then export PS_TAR=tar; fi
 if [[ -z $PS_MD5SUM ]] ; then export PS_MD5SUM=md5sum; fi
 if [[ -z $PS_TIMEOUT ]] ; then export PS_TIMEOUT=timeout; fi
 if [[ -z $PS_GREP ]] ; then export PS_GREP=grep; fi
+if [[ -z $PS_GCC ]] ; then export PS_GCC=gcc; fi
 
diff --git a/tools/eh_frame_tools/eh_to_bin.sh b/tools/eh_frame_tools/eh_to_bin.sh
index 86056d29b34ea68b72a27e76e64d80cee6670f00..7f10b67263ed06ac607685f4d3e219dcd44eea46 100755
--- a/tools/eh_frame_tools/eh_to_bin.sh
+++ b/tools/eh_frame_tools/eh_to_bin.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ outfile=$3
 # so then try normal gcc
 # and if both fail, then we exit with an error code
 
-gcc $infile -nostdlib -Wl,--section-start -Wl,eh_frame_hdr=$addr -Wl,-e -Wl,0x1000  -Wl,--build-id=none -Wl,-T -Wl,${PEASOUP_HOME}/tools/eh_frame_tools/eh_frame.ls -o $outfile -Wl,-Map,$outfile.map -static -no-pie -fno-PIC  || \
-gcc $infile -nostdlib -Wl,--section-start -Wl,eh_frame_hdr=$addr -Wl,-e -Wl,0x1000  -Wl,--build-id=none -Wl,-T -Wl,${PEASOUP_HOME}/tools/eh_frame_tools/eh_frame.ls -o $outfile -Wl,-Map,$outfile.map -static  || \
+$PS_GCC $infile -nostdlib -Wl,--section-start -Wl,eh_frame_hdr=$addr -Wl,-e -Wl,0x1000  -Wl,--build-id=none -Wl,-T -Wl,${PEASOUP_HOME}/tools/eh_frame_tools/eh_frame.ls -o $outfile -Wl,-Map,$outfile.map -static -no-pie -fno-PIC  || \
+$PS_GCC $infile -nostdlib -Wl,--section-start -Wl,eh_frame_hdr=$addr -Wl,-e -Wl,0x1000  -Wl,--build-id=none -Wl,-T -Wl,${PEASOUP_HOME}/tools/eh_frame_tools/eh_frame.ls -o $outfile -Wl,-Map,$outfile.map -static  || \
 exit 1
 #eu-readelf -S ./a.out
-objcopy --rename-section eh_frame_hdr=.eh_frame_hdr --rename-section eh_frame=.eh_frame --rename-section gcc_except_table=.gcc_except_table $outfile
+$PS_OBJCOPY --rename-section eh_frame_hdr=.eh_frame_hdr --rename-section eh_frame=.eh_frame --rename-section gcc_except_table=.gcc_except_table $outfile
 #eu-readelf -S -w ./b.out