Index: Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	(revision 57274)
+++ Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	(working copy)
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
             return "+s -L" + dir
         elif sys.platform[:7] == "irix646" or sys.platform[:6] == "osf1V5":
             return ["-rpath", dir]
-        elif compiler[:3] == "gcc" or compiler[:3] == "g++":
+        elif compiler.find("gcc") or compiler.find("g++"):
             return "-Wl,-R" + dir
         else:
             return "-R" + dir