diff --git a/config/fcc b/config/fcc
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..015c68e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/fcc
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# script to compile C programs that need to be linked
+# against libraries
+# last modified 3 Feb 15 th
+
+args=
+compileonly=
+objs=
+ldflags=
+fldflags=
+
+cc="${REALCC:-cc}"
+cxx="${REALCXX:-c++}"
+test `basename $0` = f++ && cc="$cxx"
+case `$cxx --version 2>&1` in
+*clang*) cxx="$cxx -stdlib=libstdc++" ;;
+esac
+
+while test $# -gt 0 ; do
+  case "$1" in
+  -st | -b32 | -b64)
+	;; # ignore mcc-specific flags
+  -arch)
+	shift
+	;;
+  -lstdc++)
+	cc="$cxx"
+	;; # or else -static-libstdc++ has no effect
+  -Wno-long-double)
+	;; # mcc adds this on Macs & gcc 4 doesn't like it
+  -L*CompilerAdditions*)
+	ldflags="$ldflags '$1'"
+	mldir=`echo "$1" | sed '
+	  s/^-L//
+	  s/Links.MathLink.DeveloperKit/Libraries/
+	  s/CompilerAdditions.*$//'`
+	case "$cc" in
+	*-m32*) mldir=`echo "$mldir" | sed 's/-x86-64//g'` ;;
+	esac
+	test -f "$mldir/libuuid.a" && {
+	  ldflags="$ldflags '-L$mldir'"
+	  fldflags="$fldflags -luuid"
+	}
+	;;
+  -[Ll]* | -Wl*)
+	ldflags="$ldflags '$1'"
+	;;
+  *.tm.o)
+	objs="'$1' $objs"
+	;;
+  *.a | *.o | *.so)
+	objs="$objs '$1'"
+	;;
+  *.cc)
+	args="$args '$1'"
+	cc="$cxx"
+	;;
+  -c)
+	compileonly="-c"
+	;;
+  -o)
+	args="$args -o '$2'"
+	shift
+	;;
+  *)
+	args="$args '$1'"
+	;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+eval "set -x ; exec $cc $args ${compileonly:-$objs $ldflags $fldflags}"
diff --git a/config/mcc b/config/mcc
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c4529d731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/mcc
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# this script jumps in if there is no working mcc on the path:
+# - on Mac OS it (hopefully) figures out the location of mcc,
+# - on Cygwin it substitutes mcc completely
+# last modified 16 Jan 15 th
+
+MATH_CMD=${MATH:-math}
+
+sdkpath()
+{
+  mathcmd="$1"
+  shift
+  mathcmd=`IFS=:
+    PATH="$PATH:$*" which $mathcmd`
+  
+  eval `"$mathcmd" -run '
+    Print["sysid=\"", $SystemID, "\""];
+    Print["topdir=\"", $TopDirectory, "\""];
+    Exit[]' < /dev/null | tr '\r' ' ' | tail -2`
+
+	# check whether Cygwin's dlltool can handle 64-bit DLLs
+  test "$sysid" = Windows-x86-64 && {
+    ${DLLTOOL:-dlltool} --help | grep x86-64 > /dev/null || sysid=Windows
+  }
+
+  topdir=`cd "$topdir" ; echo $PWD`
+
+  for sdk in \
+    "$topdir/SystemFiles/Links/MathLink/DeveloperKit/$sysid/CompilerAdditions" \
+    "$topdir/SystemFiles/Links/MathLink/DeveloperKit/CompilerAdditions" \
+    "$topdir/AddOns/MathLink/DeveloperKit/$sysid/CompilerAdditions" ; do
+    test -d "$sdk" && return
+  done
+
+  echo "MathLink SDK not found" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+
+cygmcc()
+{
+  sdkpath "${MATH_CMD}" \
+    "`cygpath '$ProgramW6432'`/Wolfram Research/Mathematica"/* \
+    "`cygpath '$PROGRAMFILES'`/Wolfram Research/Mathematica"/* \
+    "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Wolfram Research/Mathematica"/* \
+    "/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Wolfram Research/Mathematica"/*
+
+  for sdk in "$sdk"/m* ; do
+    break
+  done
+
+  cache=MLcyg-cache
+  test -d $cache || mkdir $cache
+
+  for libname in "$sdk"/lib/ml*m.lib ; do
+    :
+  done
+  dllname=`basename "$libname" m.lib`
+  OSbits=32
+  case "$dllname" in
+  *64*) OSbits=64 ;;
+  esac
+
+  lib="$cache/${dllname}m"
+  test -f "$lib.a" || {
+    ( echo "EXPORTS"
+      ${NM:-nm} -C --defined-only "$libname" | awk '/ T [^.]/ { print $3 }'
+    ) > "$lib.def"
+    ${DLLTOOL:-dlltool} -k --dllname "$dllname.dll" \
+      --def "$lib.def" --output-lib "$lib.a"
+  }
+
+  tmp=
+  args="-DWIN$OSbits -I'$sdk/include'"
+  for arg in "$@" ; do
+    case "$arg" in
+    *.tm)
+	cp "$arg" "$arg.tm"
+	"$sdk"/bin/mprep -lines -o "$arg.c" "$arg.tm"
+	tmp="$tmp '$arg.c' '$arg.tm'"
+	args="$args '$arg.c'" ;;
+    *)
+	args="$args '$arg'" ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  trap "rm -f $tmp" 0 1 2 3 15
+  eval "set -x ; ${CC:-gcc} $args $lib.a -mwindows"
+}
+
+
+macmcc()
+{
+  sdkpath MathKernel \
+    /Applications/Mathematica*/Contents/MacOS \
+    $HOME/Desktop/Mathematica*/Contents/MacOS
+  exec "$sdk/mcc" "$@"
+}
+
+
+defaultmcc()
+{
+  sdkpath "${MATH_CMD}" \
+    /usr/local/bin \
+    /usr/local/Wolfram/bin \
+    /usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/*/Executables \
+    /opt/Wolfram/bin \
+    /opt/Wolfram/Mathematica/*/Executables
+  exec "$sdk/mcc" "$@"
+}
+
+
+shopt -s nullglob 2> /dev/null
+
+case `uname -s` in
+Darwin) macmcc "$@" ;;
+CYG*)   cygmcc "$@" ;;
+*)      defaultmcc "$@" ;;
+esac
diff --git a/config/module.mk b/config/module.mk
index 2d9eace4d..7a837c624 100644
--- a/config/module.mk
+++ b/config/module.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 DIR          := config
 MODNAME      := config
+FCC          := $(DIR)/fcc
+FXX          := $(DIR)/f++
 
 CONFIG_HDR := \
 		$(DIR)/config.h
@@ -36,6 +38,10 @@ FLEXIBLESUSY_GIT_COMMIT_FILE := \
 REMOVE_EXPORT_MARKERS := \
 		$(DIR)/remove_export_markers.sh
 
+$(FXX): $(FCC)
+	-rm -f $@
+	ln -s $(notdir $<) $@
+
 .PHONY:         all-$(MODNAME) clean-$(MODNAME) distclean-$(MODNAME)
 
 all-$(MODNAME):
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@ clean-$(MODNAME)-obj:
 
 clean-$(MODNAME): clean-$(MODNAME)-dep clean-$(MODNAME)-obj
 		-rm -f $(DEPGEN_EXE)
+		-rm -f $(FXX)
 
 distclean-$(MODNAME): clean-$(MODNAME)
 		-rm -f $(CONFIG_HDR)