diff --git a/cpputils-cmake.el b/cpputils-cmake.el
index 5140739..af7522d 100644
--- a/cpputils-cmake.el
+++ b/cpputils-cmake.el
@@ -414,16 +414,21 @@ White space here is any of: space, tab, emacs newline (line feed, ASCII 10)."
       )
     ))
 
+(defun cppcm-create-compilation-command (target-path)
+  "Create command for compilation. By default returns 'make -C <target-path>.'
+You can replace the function to use another command."
+  (concat "make -C " target-path))
+
 (defun cppcm-compile-in-current-exe-dir ()
   "compile the executable/library in current directory."
   (interactive)
-  (setq compile-command (concat "make -C " (cppcm-get-exe-dir-path-current-buffer)))
+  (setq compile-command (cppcm-create-compilation-command (cppcm-get-exe-dir-path-current-buffer)))
   (call-interactively 'compile))
 
 (defun cppcm-compile-in-root-build-dir ()
   "compile in build directory"
   (interactive)
-  (setq compile-command (concat "make -C " cppcm-build-dir))
+  (setq compile-command (cppcm-create-compilation-command cppcm-build-dir))
   (call-interactively 'compile))
 
 ;;;###autoload
@@ -499,7 +504,7 @@ by customize `cppcm-compile-list'."
                    (dolist (x inc-dirs) (add-to-list 'cc-search-directories x))
                    ))))
   (when (and cppcm-build-dir (file-exists-p (concat cppcm-build-dir "CMakeCache.txt")))
-    (setq compile-command (concat "make -C " cppcm-build-dir))
+    (setq compile-command (cppcm-create-compilation-command cppcm-build-dir))
     )
   (run-hook-with-args 'cppcm-reload-all-hook)
   )