diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index e12b2b6c..e97a858c 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ opts.Add(BoolVariable('MSTOOLKIT', 'Use Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit', 'no'))
 opts.Add(EnumVariable('MSVS_VERSION', 'MS Visual C++ version', os.environ.get('MSVS_VERSION'), allowed_values=('6.0', '7.0', '7.1', '8.0', '8.0Exp', '9.0', '9.0Exp', '10.0', '10.0Exp')))
 opts.Add(EnumVariable('TARGET_ARCH', 'Target processor architecture', 'x86', allowed_values=('x86', 'amd64')))
 opts.Add(ListVariable('DOCTYPES', 'A list of document types that will be built', default_doctype, doctypes))
+opts.Add(('CC', 'Override C compiler', None))
+opts.Add(('CXX', 'Override C++ compiler', None))
 opts.Add(PathVariable('APPEND_CPPPATH', 'Additional paths to search for include files', None))
 opts.Add(PathVariable('APPEND_LIBPATH', 'Additional paths to search for libraries', None))
 opts.Add(('APPEND_CCFLAGS', 'Additional C/C++ compiler flags'))