diff --git a/tools/tools/ath/athstats/Makefile b/tools/tools/ath/athstats/Makefile
index 4a88eb1b7ab..1db2dc1b039 100644
--- a/tools/tools/ath/athstats/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tools/ath/athstats/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 PROG=	athstats
 
+# Because of a clang preprocessor parser limitation causing this
+# to not compile, use gcc for now.
+CC=	gcc
+
 SRCS=	main.c statfoo.c athstats.c opt_ah.h ah_osdep.h
 
 CLEANFILES+=	opt_ah.h