diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c874491279..06482a2cc2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ endif
 
 fresh_tcc:
 	rm -rf $(TMPTCC)
+ifndef local
 # Check wether a TCC branch exists for the user's system configuration.
 ifneq (,$(findstring thirdparty-$(TCCOS)-$(TCCARCH), $(shell git ls-remote --heads $(TCCREPO) | sed 's/^[a-z0-9]*\trefs.heads.//')))
 	$(GITFASTCLONE) --branch thirdparty-$(TCCOS)-$(TCCARCH) $(TCCREPO) $(TMPTCC)
@@ -128,6 +129,9 @@ else
 	@echo 'Pre-built TCC not available for thirdparty-$(TCCOS)-$(TCCARCH) at $(TCCREPO), will use the system compiler: $(CC)'
 	$(GITFASTCLONE) --branch thirdparty-unknown-unknown $(TCCREPO) $(TMPTCC)
 endif
+else
+	@echo "Using local tccbin"
+endif
 
 $(TMPTCC)/.git/config:
 	$(MAKE) fresh_tcc