diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 0540eea..5d48ac8 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import dub.package_;
 import dub.packagemanager;
 import dub.packagesupplier;
+import dub.platform : determineCompiler;
 import dub.project;
 import dub.internal.utils : getDUBVersion;
 
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@
 	protected {
 		string m_build_type;
 		string m_build_config;
-		string m_compiler_name = "dmd";
+		string m_compiler_name = .determineCompiler();
 		string m_arch;
 		string[] m_debug_versions;
 		Compiler m_compiler;