diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6088b37..e70eee6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 script:
   - dub test --compiler=${DC} -c library-nonet
   - dub build --compiler=${DC}
-  - DC=${DMD} ./build.sh
+  - ./build.sh
   - DUB=`pwd`/bin/dub COMPILER=${DC} test/run-unittest.sh
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 58bd440..3b786e5 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
-if [ "$DC" = "" ]; then
-	command -v gdmd >/dev/null 2>&1 && DC=gdmd || true
-	command -v ldmd2 >/dev/null 2>&1 && DC=ldmd2 || true
-	command -v dmd >/dev/null 2>&1 && DC=dmd || true
+if [ "$DMD" = "" ]; then
+	if [ ! "$DC" = "" ]; then # backwards compatibility with DC
+		DMD=$DC
+	else
+		command -v gdmd >/dev/null 2>&1 && DMD=gdmd || true
+		command -v ldmd2 >/dev/null 2>&1 && DMD=ldmd2 || true
+		command -v dmd >/dev/null 2>&1 && DMD=dmd || true
+	fi
 fi
 
-if [ "$DC" = "" ]; then
-	echo >&2 "Failed to detect D compiler. Use DC=... to set a dmd compatible binary manually."
+if [ "$DMD" = "" ]; then
+	echo >&2 "Failed to detect D compiler. Use DMD=... to set a dmd compatible binary manually."
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -16,13 +20,13 @@
 LIBS=`pkg-config --libs libcurl 2>/dev/null || echo "-lcurl"`
 
 # fix for modern GCC versions with --as-needed by default
-if [ "$DC" = "dmd" ]; then
+if [ "$DMD" = "dmd" ]; then
 	if [ `uname` = "Linux" ]; then
 		LIBS="-l:libphobos2.a $LIBS"
 	else
 		LIBS="-lphobos2 $LIBS"
 	fi
-elif [ "$DC" = "ldmd2" ]; then
+elif [ "$DMD" = "ldmd2" ]; then
 	LIBS="-lphobos2-ldc $LIBS"
 fi
 
@@ -33,11 +37,11 @@
 GITVER=$(git describe) || GITVER=unknown
 echo "module dub.version_;" > source/dub/version_.d
 echo "enum dubVersion = \"$GITVER\";" >> source/dub/version_.d
-echo "enum initialCompilerBinary = \"$DC\";" >> source/dub/version_.d
+echo "enum initialCompilerBinary = \"$DMD\";" >> source/dub/version_.d
 
 
-echo Running $DC...
-$DC -ofbin/dub -w -version=DubUseCurl -Isource $* $LIBS @build-files.txt
+echo Running $DMD...
+$DMD -ofbin/dub -w -version=DubUseCurl -Isource $* $LIBS @build-files.txt
 echo DUB has been built as bin/dub.
 echo
 echo You may want to run