diff --git a/compiler/Makefile b/compiler/Makefile
index ee3e89a60c..34f57b8c6d 100644
--- a/compiler/Makefile
+++ b/compiler/Makefile
@@ -496,6 +496,14 @@ endif
 NOCPUDEF=1
 MSGFILE=msg/error$(FPCLANG).msg
 SVNVERSION:=$(firstword $(wildcard $(addsuffix /svnversion$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH))))
+PPUDUMPPROG:=$(firstword $(strip $(wildcard $(addsuffix /ppudump$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH)))))
+ifndef PPUDUMP
+ifdef PPUDUMPPROG
+PPUDUMP=$(PPUDUMPPROG)
+else
+PPUDUMP=ppudump
+endif
+endif
 REVINC:=$(wildcard revision.inc)
 ifneq ($(REVINC),)
 override LOCALOPT+=-dREVINC
@@ -4568,7 +4576,6 @@ endif
 endif
 endif
 else
-cycle: override FPC=
 cycle:
 ifdef NEED_G_COMPILERS
 	$(MAKE) fpcmade.generate_g_compilers
@@ -4693,7 +4700,7 @@ rtlppulogs : $(RTLPPULOGLIST)
 vpath %.ppu $(PPUDIR) $(RTLPPUDIR) $(ALLPPUDIR)
 vpath %.log-ppu $(PPUDIR) $(RTLPPUDIR) $(ALLPPUDIR)
 %.log-ppu : %.ppu
-	ppudump -VA -M $< > $@
+	$(PPUDUMP) -VA -M $< > $@
 ./utils/ppudump$(EXEEXT):
 	$(MAKE) -C $(COMPILERUTILSDIR) ppudump$(EXEEXT)
 ppuinfo :
diff --git a/compiler/Makefile.fpc b/compiler/Makefile.fpc
index 886d0e62ce..d33ce704ca 100644
--- a/compiler/Makefile.fpc
+++ b/compiler/Makefile.fpc
@@ -235,6 +235,15 @@ MSGFILE=msg/error$(FPCLANG).msg
 
 
 SVNVERSION:=$(firstword $(wildcard $(addsuffix /svnversion$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH))))
+PPUDUMPPROG:=$(firstword $(strip $(wildcard $(addsuffix /ppudump$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH)))))
+ifndef PPUDUMP
+ifdef PPUDUMPPROG
+PPUDUMP=$(PPUDUMPPROG)
+else
+PPUDUMP=ppudump
+endif
+endif
+
 # Check if revision.inc is present
 REVINC:=$(wildcard revision.inc)
 ifneq ($(REVINC),)
@@ -919,7 +928,7 @@ else
 # ppc3/ppcXXX = native (skipped for cross installation)
 #
 
-cycle: override FPC=
+#cycle: override FPC=
 cycle:
 ifdef NEED_G_COMPILERS
 	$(MAKE) fpcmade.generate_g_compilers
@@ -1121,7 +1130,7 @@ vpath %.log-ppu $(PPUDIR) $(RTLPPUDIR) $(ALLPPUDIR)
 
 # Use installed ppudump
 %.log-ppu : %.ppu
-	ppudump -VA -M $< > $@
+	$(PPUDUMP) -VA -M $< > $@
 
 
 ./utils/ppudump$(EXEEXT):