diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/bin/tt_type_comp/Makefile.am b/cde/lib/tt/bin/tt_type_comp/Makefile.am
index 8b9c0b17e..fba861057 100644
--- a/cde/lib/tt/bin/tt_type_comp/Makefile.am
+++ b/cde/lib/tt/bin/tt_type_comp/Makefile.am
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ mp_types_gram.h:
 bin_PROGRAMS = tt_type_comp
 
 tt_type_comp_CXXFLAGS = -I../../lib -I../../slib \
-			$(TT_VERSION_DEFINE)
+			$(TT_VERSION_DEFINE) -DCPP_PROGRAM="\"$(CPP)\""
 
 tt_type_comp_SOURCES = mp_type_comp.C        mp_types_table.C \
 		frozen.mp_types_lex.C frozen.mp_types_gram.C
 
-tt_type_comp_LDADD = @LIBTT@ ../../slib/libstt.a $(XTOOLLIB) 
+tt_type_comp_LDADD = $(LIBTT) ../../slib/libstt.a $(XTOOLLIB)
 
 if SOLARIS
 tt_type_comp_LDADD += $(XTOOLLIB) -ldl -lintl -lsocket -lnsl