diff --git a/release/script/mkdoc b/release/script/mkdoc
index f8e8aa122..218e4d78f 100755
--- a/release/script/mkdoc
+++ b/release/script/mkdoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#! /bin/bash
 #
 # mkdoc
 #
diff --git a/release/script/mkdocumentation b/release/script/mkdocumentation
index 5e143b556..9e4f45011 100755
--- a/release/script/mkdocumentation
+++ b/release/script/mkdocumentation
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ specfile=""
 tag=""
 config=""
 
-while [ "$1" != "" ] ; 
+while [ "$1" != "" ] ;
 do
 	if [ "$1" = "-f" ] ; then
 		shift
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ for inc in `find $build -name include -print` ; do
 	includes="$includes,-I$inc"
 done
 
+: ${CC:=gcc}
+: ${CXX:=g++}
+: ${CXXFLAGS:=-std=c++11}
+
+echo "CC=$CC" >>$build/PocoDoc.ini
+echo "CXX=$CXX" >>$build/PocoDoc.ini
+echo "CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS" >>$build/PocoDoc.ini
 echo "PocoBuild=$build" >>$build/PocoDoc.ini
 echo "PocoBase=$POCO_BASE" >>$build/PocoDoc.ini
 echo "PocoDoc.output=$docPath" >>$build/PocoDoc.ini
diff --git a/release/script/mkrel b/release/script/mkrel
index 739fdf0ea..1bb0e9f45 100755
--- a/release/script/mkrel
+++ b/release/script/mkrel
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ esac
 label=""
 spec=""
 lineEndConv=""
-while [ "$1" != "" ] ; 
+while [ "$1" != "" ] ;
 do
 	if [ "$1" = "-l" ] ; then
 		shift
diff --git a/release/script/mkrelease b/release/script/mkrelease
index 9b46b2ebb..43a1b93b6 100755
--- a/release/script/mkrelease
+++ b/release/script/mkrelease
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ output=""
 lineEndConv=""
 licensingDep=""
 
-while [ "$1" != "" ] ; 
+while [ "$1" != "" ] ;
 do
 	if [ "$1" = "-i" ] ; then
 		shift