diff --git a/Lib/distutils/core.py b/Lib/distutils/core.py
index cd0f8e9694a..15a88147124 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/core.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/core.py
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ def setup (**attrs):
             
         except (DistutilsExecError,
                 DistutilsFileError,
-                DistutilsOptionError), msg:
+                DistutilsOptionError,
+                CCompilerError), msg:
             if DEBUG:
                 raise
             else: