diff --git a/make/autoconf/toolchain.m4 b/make/autoconf/toolchain.m4
index 75c8d2b61d0..5b3ef98c736 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/toolchain.m4
+++ b/make/autoconf/toolchain.m4
@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([TOOLCHAIN_EXTRACT_COMPILER_VERSION],
     #     Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     #     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
     #     warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+    # or look like
+    #     gcc (GCC) 10.2.1 20200825 (Alibaba 10.2.1-3.8 2.32)
+    #     Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+    #     This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
+    #     warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
     COMPILER_VERSION_OUTPUT=`$COMPILER --version 2>&1`
     # Check that this is likely to be GCC.
     $ECHO "$COMPILER_VERSION_OUTPUT" | $GREP "Free Software Foundation" > /dev/null
@@ -371,7 +376,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([TOOLCHAIN_EXTRACT_COMPILER_VERSION],
     COMPILER_VERSION_STRING=`$ECHO $COMPILER_VERSION_OUTPUT | \
         $SED -e 's/ *Copyright .*//'`
     COMPILER_VERSION_NUMBER=`$ECHO $COMPILER_VERSION_OUTPUT | \
-        $SED -e 's/^.* \(@<:@1-9@:>@<:@0-9@:>@*\.@<:@0-9.@:>@*\)@<:@^0-9.@:>@.*$/\1/'`
+        $AWK -F ')' '{print [$]2}' | \
+        $AWK '{print [$]1}'`
   elif test  "x$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE" = xclang; then
     # clang --version output typically looks like
     #    Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)