diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1960f5b787..54327a7d23 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ subprojects {
                         staticLibArchiver.executable = compilerPrefix + staticLibArchiver.executable
                     }
                 }
+                // Workaround for OS X. Macs for some reason want to use Xcode's gcc
+                // (which just wraps Clang), so we have to explicitly make it so 
+                // that trying to compile with Clang will call gcc instead
                 macGcc(Clang) {
                     target('arm') {
                         // We use a custom-built cross compiler with the prefix arm-frc-linux-gnueabi-<util name>