diff --git a/cmake/cc.cmake b/cmake/cc.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6ce0e281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cc.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+##
+## Author: Hank Anderson <hank@statease.com>
+## Description: Ported from portion of OpenBLAS/Makefile.system
+##              Sets C related variables.
+
+if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} STREQUAL "GNU" OR ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} STREQUAL "LSB" OR ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} STREQUAL "Clang")
+
+  set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -Wall")
+  COMMON_PROF += -fno-inline
+  NO_UNINITIALIZED_WARN =  -Wno-uninitialized
+
+  if (QUIET_MAKE)
+    set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} ${NO_UNINITIALIZED_WARN} -Wno-unused")
+  endif ()
+
+  if (NO_BINARY_MODE)
+
+    if (${ARCH} STREQUAL "mips64")
+      if (BINARY64)
+        set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -mabi=64")
+      else ()
+        set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -mabi=n32")
+      endif ()
+      set(BINARY_DEFINED 1)
+    endif ()
+
+    if (${CORE} STREQUAL "LOONGSON3A")
+      set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -march=mips64")
+      set(FCOMMON_OPT "${FCOMMON_OPT} -march=mips64")
+    endif ()
+
+    if (${CORE} STREQUAL "LOONGSON3B")
+      set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -march=mips64")
+      set(FCOMMON_OPT "${FCOMMON_OPT} -march=mips64")
+    endif ()
+
+    if (${OSNAME} STREQUAL "AIX")
+      set(BINARY_DEFINED 1)
+    endif ()
+  endif ()
+
+  if (NOT BINARY_DEFINED)
+    if (BINARY64)
+      set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -m64")
+    else ()
+      set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -m32")
+    endif ()
+  endif ()
+endif ()
+
+if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} STREQUAL "PGI")
+  if (BINARY64)
+    set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -tp p7-64")
+  else ()
+    set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -tp p7")
+  endif ()
+endif ()
+
+if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} STREQUAL "PATHSCALE")
+  if (BINARY64)
+    set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -m64")
+  else ()
+    set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -m32")
+  endif ()
+endif ()
+
diff --git a/cmake/system.cmake b/cmake/system.cmake
index 3fa75d65d..d46538df4 100644
--- a/cmake/system.cmake
+++ b/cmake/system.cmake
@@ -125,14 +125,12 @@ set(DLLWRAP "$(CROSS_SUFFIX)dllwrap")
 set(OBJCOPY "$(CROSS_SUFFIX)objcopy")
 set(OBJCONV "$(CROSS_SUFFIX)objconv")
 
-
-#
-#  OS dependent settings
-#
+# OS dependent settings
 include("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/os.cmake")
 
-#
-#  Architecture dependent settings
-#
+# Architecture dependent settings
 include("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/arch.cmake")
 
+# C Compiler dependent settings
+include("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cc.cmake")
+