diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4365195f6a3318d1fbca8764220ec4d40348c7d0..5eae2503b9bd414976b0cbfce5478d2af4ea4a54 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ endif()
 mark_as_advanced ( WALBERLA_CXX_COMPILER_IS_IBM )
 
 # Check for NEC SX compiler
-if( CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES "sxc" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1 MATCHES "sxc" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES "sxmpic" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1 MATCHES "sxmpic" )
+if( CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES "/sxc" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1 MATCHES "/sxc" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES "/sxmpic" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1 MATCHES "/sxmpic" )
     option ( WALBERLA_CXX_COMPILER_IS_NEC "Use NEC compiler" ON  )
 else()
     option ( WALBERLA_CXX_COMPILER_IS_NEC "Use NEC compiler" OFF  )