diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 67896b50..5087992e 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ifeq ($(ISX86),1)
 GCC42_OR_LATER = $(shell $(CXX) -v 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -c "^gcc version (4.[2-9]|[5-9])")
 INTEL_COMPILER = $(shell $(CXX) --version 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -c "\(ICC\)")
 ICC111_OR_LATER = $(shell $(CXX) --version 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -c "\(ICC\) ([2-9][0-9]|1[2-9]|11\.[1-9])")
-CLANG_COMPILER = $(shell $(CXX) --version 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -i -c "^clang version")
+CLANG_COMPILER = $(shell $(CXX) --version 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -i -c "clang version")
 GAS210_OR_LATER = $(shell $(CXX) -xc -c /dev/null -Wa,-v -o/dev/null 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -c "GNU assembler version (2\.[1-9][0-9]|[3-9])")
 GAS217_OR_LATER = $(shell $(CXX) -xc -c /dev/null -Wa,-v -o/dev/null 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -c "GNU assembler version (2\.1[7-9]|2\.[2-9]|[3-9])")
 GAS219_OR_LATER = $(shell $(CXX) -xc -c /dev/null -Wa,-v -o/dev/null 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -c "GNU assembler version (2\.19|2\.[2-9]|[3-9])")