diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 81bdaba..05efaa3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ changed:
 * improved and colorized wrapper error/warning/debug/info messages
 
 added:
+* support for ccache symlinks
 * darling-dmg sdk packaging script
 * include path warnings for /usr/include and /usr/local/include
   (can be switched off via 'OSXCROSS_NO_INCLUDE_PATH_WARNINGS=1')
diff --git a/README.MACPORTS.md b/README.MACPORTS.md
index b0b69b4..a5021b5 100644
--- a/README.MACPORTS.md
+++ b/README.MACPORTS.md
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ Also ensure that you are using the 10.6 SDK (or later).
 
 ### INSTALLATION: ###
 
-Run OSXCross's `./build.sh`, then you should have `osxcross-macports` in PATH.
+Run OSXCross' `./build.sh`, then you should have `osxcross-macports` in PATH.
 
 **Setting up osxcross-macports:**
 
-MacPorts doesn't support 10.5 anymore, so we need to change OSXCross's  
+MacPorts doesn't support 10.5 anymore, so we need to change OSXCross'  
 default target to 10.6 (better 10.7, or later).
 
 To achive this, add the following to your bashrc (or similar):
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Then run `osxcross-macports <cmd>`.
 
 **pkg-config:**
 
-OSXCross's `pkg-config` (`<arch>-apple-darwinXX-pkg-config`)  
+OSXCross' `pkg-config` (`<arch>-apple-darwinXX-pkg-config`)  
 is automatically aware of MacPorts packages.  
 
 If you want `pkg-config` to be unaware of MacPorts packages  
diff --git a/wrapper/main.cpp b/wrapper/main.cpp
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4bd8b7b..8f1af26
--- a/wrapper/main.cpp
+++ b/wrapper/main.cpp
@@ -51,15 +51,11 @@ namespace {
 
 int unittest = 0;
 
-//
-// detectTarget():
-//  detect target and setup invocation command
-//
-
 void checkIncludePath(const char *opt, const char *path) {
 #ifndef __APPLE__
   constexpr const char *DangerousIncludePaths[] = { "/usr/include",
                                                     "/usr/local/include" };
+
   if (!path)
     return;
 
@@ -108,6 +104,11 @@ void warnExtension(const char *extension) {
            << "'OSXCROSS_NO_EXTENSION_WARNINGS=1' (env)" << warninfo.endl();
 }
 
+//
+// detectTarget():
+//  detect target and setup invocation command
+//
+
 #define PABREAK                                                                \
   else target.args.push_back(arg);                                             \
   break
@@ -409,16 +410,17 @@ bool detectTarget(int argc, char **argv, Target &target) {
   };
 
   auto checkCXXLib = [&]() {
-    if (target.compiler.size() <= 7)
+    if (target.compilername.size() <= 7)
       return;
 
-    if (target.compiler.rfind("-libc++") == (target.compiler.size() - 7)) {
+    if (target.compilername.rfind("-libc++") ==
+        (target.compilername.size() - 7)) {
       if (target.stdlib != StdLib::unset && target.stdlib != StdLib::libcxx) {
         warn << "'-stdlib=" << getStdLibString(target.stdlib)
              << "' will be ignored" << warn.endl();
       }
 
-      target.compiler.resize(target.compiler.size() - 7);
+      target.compilername.resize(target.compilername.size() - 7);
       target.stdlib = StdLib::libcxx;
     }
   };
@@ -452,13 +454,13 @@ bool detectTarget(int argc, char **argv, Target &target) {
         return false;
 
       target.target = std::string(cmd, p - cmd);
-      target.compiler = &p[1];
+      target.compilername = &p[1];
 
-      if (target.compiler == "cc")
-        target.compiler = getDefaultCompiler();
-      else if (target.compiler == "c++")
-        target.compiler = getDefaultCXXCompiler();
-      else if (auto *prog = program::getprog(target.compiler))
+      if (target.compilername == "cc")
+        target.compilername = getDefaultCompiler();
+      else if (target.compilername == "c++")
+        target.compilername = getDefaultCXXCompiler();
+      else if (auto *prog = program::getprog(target.compilername))
         (*prog)(argc, argv, target);
 
       if (target.target != getDefaultTarget()) {
@@ -484,7 +486,7 @@ bool detectTarget(int argc, char **argv, Target &target) {
     return false;
 
   if (const char *p = strchr(cmd, '-'))
-    target.compiler = &cmd[p - cmd + 1];
+    target.compilername = &cmd[p - cmd + 1];
 
   if (!parseArgs())
     return false;
@@ -681,10 +683,10 @@ void generateMultiArchObjectFile(int &rc, int argc, char **argv, Target &target,
     lipo += getDefaultTarget();
     lipo += "-lipo";
 
-    if (getPathOfCommand(lipo.c_str(), path).empty()) {
+    if (!getPathOfCommand(lipo.c_str(), path)) {
       lipo = "lipo";
 
-      if (getPathOfCommand(lipo.c_str(), path).empty()) {
+      if (!getPathOfCommand(lipo.c_str(), path)) {
         err << "cannot find lipo binary" << err.endl();
         rc = 1;
       }
@@ -759,7 +761,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     if (debug >= 2) {
       dbg << "detected target triple: " << target.getTriple() << dbg.endl();
-      dbg << "detected compiler: " << target.compiler << dbg.endl();
+      dbg << "detected compiler: " << target.compilername << dbg.endl();
 
       dbg << "detected stdlib: " << getStdLibString(target.stdlib)
           << dbg.endl();
@@ -789,8 +791,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
       in += " ";
     }
 
-    for (auto &arg : target.fargs) {
-      out += arg;
+    out += target.compilerpath;
+
+    if (target.compilerpath != target.fargs[0]) {
+      out += " (";
+      out += target.fargs[0];
+      out += ") ";
+    } else {
+      out += " ";
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 1; i < target.fargs.size(); ++i) {
+      out += target.fargs[i];
       out += " ";
     }
 
@@ -831,7 +843,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   if (unittest == 2)
     return 0;
 
-  if (rc == -1 && execvp(cargs[0], cargs)) {
+  if (rc == -1 && execvp(target.compilerpath.c_str(), cargs)) {
     err << "invoking compiler failed" << err.endl();
 
     if (!debug)
diff --git a/wrapper/programs/osxcross-env.cpp b/wrapper/programs/osxcross-env.cpp
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/wrapper/programs/osxcross-version.cpp b/wrapper/programs/osxcross-version.cpp
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/wrapper/programs/pkg-config.cpp b/wrapper/programs/pkg-config.cpp
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/wrapper/programs/sw_vers.cpp b/wrapper/programs/sw_vers.cpp
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/wrapper/target.cpp b/wrapper/target.cpp
index 1301ced..ea2ef05 100644
--- a/wrapper/target.cpp
+++ b/wrapper/target.cpp
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ bool Target::isC(bool r) {
       return true;
   }
 
-  return compiler.find("++") == std::string::npos && !isObjC(true);
+  return compilername.find("++") == std::string::npos && !isObjC(true);
 }
 
 bool Target::isCXX() {
-  bool CXXCompiler = compiler.find("++") != std::string::npos;
+  bool CXXCompiler = compilername.find("++") != std::string::npos;
 
   if (!langGiven() && CXXCompiler && !isObjC(true))
     return true;
@@ -229,34 +229,37 @@ bool Target::isCXX11orNewer() const {
   return false;
 }
 
-const std::string Target::getFullCompilerName() const {
-  std::string compiler;
-
+void Target::setCompilerPath() {
   if (isGCC()) {
-    compiler = execpath;
-    compiler += "/";
-    compiler += getTriple();
-    compiler += "-";
+    compilerpath = execpath;
+    compilerpath += "/";
+    compilerpath += getTriple();
+    compilerpath += "-";
+    compilerpath += "base-";
+    compilerpath += compilername;
+
+    compilerexecname = getTriple();
+    compilerexecname += "-";
+    compilerexecname += compilername;
+  } else {
+    if (!realPath(compilername.c_str(), compilerpath, ignoreCCACHE))
+      compilerpath = compilername;
+
+    compilerexecname += compilername;
   }
-
-  if (isGCC())
-    compiler += "base-";
-
-  compiler += this->compiler;
-  return compiler;
 }
 
 bool Target::findClangIntrinsicHeaders(std::string &path) {
-  std::string clangbin;
   static std::stringstream dir;
 
   assert(isClang());
 
-  getPathOfCommand(compiler.c_str(), clangbin);
-
-  if (clangbin.empty())
+  if (compilerpath.empty())
     return false;
 
+  std::string clangbindir = compilerpath;
+  stripFileName(clangbindir);
+
   static ClangVersion *clangversion;
   static std::string pathtmp;
 
@@ -266,10 +269,8 @@ bool Target::findClangIntrinsicHeaders(std::string &path) {
   *clangversion = ClangVersion();
   pathtmp.clear();
 
-  auto check = []()->bool {
-
+  auto tryDir = [&]()->bool {
     listFiles(dir.str().c_str(), nullptr, [](const char *file) {
-
       if (file[0] != '.' && isDirectory(file, dir.str().c_str())) {
         ClangVersion cv = parseClangVersion(file);
 
@@ -303,47 +304,55 @@ bool Target::findClangIntrinsicHeaders(std::string &path) {
             checkDir(tmp);
           }
         }
-
         return true;
       }
-
       return true;
     });
-
     return *clangversion != ClangVersion();
   };
 
-  dir << clangbin << "/../lib/clang";
+#define TRYDIR(basedir, subdir)                                                \
+do {                                                                           \
+  dir << basedir << subdir;                                                    \
+  if (tryDir()) {                                                              \
+    path.swap(pathtmp);                                                        \
+    return true;                                                               \
+  }                                                                            \
+  clear(dir);                                                                  \
+} while (0)
 
-  if (!check()) {
-    clear(dir);
+#define TRYDIR2(libdir) TRYDIR(clangbindir, libdir)
+#define TRYDIR3(libdir) TRYDIR(std::string(), libdir)
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-    constexpr const char *OSXIntrinDirs[] = {
-      "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib/clang",
-      "/Applications/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/"
-      "XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/clang"
-    };
+  TRYDIR2("/../lib/clang");
 
-    for (auto intrindir : OSXIntrinDirs) {
-      dir << intrindir;
-      if (check()) {
-        break;
-      }
-      clear(dir);
-    }
+#ifdef __linux__
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+  // opensuse uses lib64 instead of lib on x86_64
+  TRYDIR2("/../lib64/clang");
+#elif __i386__
+  TRYDIR2("/../lib32/clang");
+#endif
 #endif
 
-    if (!dir.rdbuf()->in_avail()) {
-      dir << clangbin << "/../include/clang";
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  constexpr const char *OSXIntrinDirs[] = {
+    "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/lib/clang",
+    "/Applications/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/"
+    "XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/clang"
+  };
 
-      if (!check())
-        return false;
-    }
-  }
+  for (auto intrindir : OSXIntrinDirs)
+    TRYDIR3(intrindir);
+#endif
 
-  path.swap(pathtmp);
-  return *clangversion != ClangVersion();
+  TRYDIR2("/../include/clang");
+  TRYDIR2("/usr/include/clang");
+
+  return false;
+#undef TRYDIR
+#undef TRYDIR2
+#undef TRYDIR3
 }
 
 void Target::setupGCCLibs(Arch arch) {
@@ -409,7 +418,7 @@ bool Target::setup() {
   OSVersion SDKOSNum = getSDKOSNum();
 
   if (!isKnownCompiler())
-    warn << "unknown compiler '" << compiler << "'" << warn.endl();
+    warn << "unknown compiler '" << compilername << "'" << warn.endl();
 
   if (!getSDKPath(SDKPath)) {
     err << "cannot find Mac OS X SDK (expected in: " << SDKPath << ")"
@@ -439,6 +448,8 @@ bool Target::setup() {
   otriple += "-";
   otriple += target;
 
+  setCompilerPath();
+
   if (!OSNum.Num()) {
     if (haveArch(Arch::x86_64h)) {
       OSNum = OSVersion(10, 8); // Default to 10.8 for x86_64h
@@ -569,7 +580,7 @@ bool Target::setup() {
     abort();
   }
 
-  fargs.push_back(getFullCompilerName());
+  fargs.push_back(compilerexecname);
 
   if (isClang()) {
     std::string tmp;
@@ -585,7 +596,7 @@ bool Target::setup() {
 
 #ifndef __APPLE__
     if (!findClangIntrinsicHeaders(tmp)) {
-      warn << "cannot find clang intrinsic headers, please report this "
+      warn << "cannot find clang intrinsic headers; please report this "
               "issue to the OSXCross project" << warn.endl();
     } else {
       fargs.push_back("-isystem");
diff --git a/wrapper/target.h b/wrapper/target.h
index ea2fe2b..8682240 100644
--- a/wrapper/target.h
+++ b/wrapper/target.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct Target {
   Target()
       : vendor(getDefaultVendor()), target(getDefaultTarget()),
         stdlib(StdLib::unset), usegcclibs(), nocodegen(),
-        compiler(getDefaultCompiler()), lang(), langstd(), sourcefile(),
+        compilername(getDefaultCompiler()), lang(), langstd(), sourcefile(),
         outputname() {
     if (!getExecutablePath(execpath, sizeof(execpath)))
       abort();
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ struct Target {
   }
 
   bool isClang() const {
-    return !strncmp(getFileName(compiler.c_str()), "clang", 5);
+    return !strncmp(getFileName(compilername.c_str()), "clang", 5);
   }
 
   bool isGCC() const {
-    const char *c = getFileName(compiler.c_str());
+    const char *c = getFileName(compilername.c_str());
     return (!strncmp(c, "gcc", 3) || !strncmp(c, "g++", 3));
   }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ struct Target {
 
   const std::string &getTriple() const { return triple; }
 
-  const std::string getFullCompilerName() const;
+  void setCompilerPath();
   bool findClangIntrinsicHeaders(std::string &path);
 
   void setupGCCLibs(Arch arch);
@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ struct Target {
   GCCVersion gccversion;
   bool usegcclibs;
   bool nocodegen;
-  std::string compiler;
+  std::string compilerpath;     // /usr/bin/clang | [...]/target/bin/*-gcc
+  std::string compilername;     // clang | gcc
+  std::string compilerexecname; // clang | *-apple-darwin-gcc
   std::string triple;
   std::string otriple;
   const char *lang;
diff --git a/wrapper/tools.cpp b/wrapper/tools.cpp
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4b33515..1f87308
--- a/wrapper/tools.cpp
+++ b/wrapper/tools.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ const std::string &getParentProcessName() {
 
     if (Process32First(h, &pe)) {
       do {
-        std::cout << pe.szExeFile << " " << pe.th32ProcessID << std::endl;
         if (pe.th32ProcessID == ppid) {
           ppe = &pe;
           break;
@@ -336,54 +335,92 @@ bool isExecutable(const char *f, const struct stat &) {
   return !access(f, F_OK | X_OK);
 }
 
-std::string &realPath(const char *file, std::string &result, realpathcmp cmp) {
+bool ignoreCCACHE(const char *f, const struct stat &) {
+  const char *name = getFileName(f);
+  return name && strstr(name, "ccache") != name;
+}
+
+bool realPath(const char *file, std::string &result,
+              realpathcmp cmp1, realpathcmp cmp2) {
   char *PATH = getenv("PATH");
   const char *p = PATH ? PATH : "";
-  std::string sfile;
   struct stat st;
 
+  result.clear();
+
   do {
     if (*p == ':')
       ++p;
 
     while (*p && *p != ':')
-      sfile += *p++;
+      result += *p++;
 
-    sfile += "/";
-    sfile += file;
-
-    if (!stat(sfile.c_str(), &st) && (!cmp || cmp(sfile.c_str(), st)))
-      break;
-
-    sfile.clear();
-  } while (*p);
+    result += "/";
+    result += file;
 
+    if (!stat(result.c_str(), &st)) {
 #ifndef _WIN32
-  if (!sfile.empty()) {
-    char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
-    ssize_t len;
+      char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
 
-    if ((len = readlink(sfile.c_str(), buf, PATH_MAX)) != -1)
-      result.assign(buf, len);
-  }
+      if (realpath(result.c_str(), buf)) {
+        result.assign(buf);
+      } else {
+        ssize_t len;
+        char path[PATH_MAX];
+        size_t pathlen;
+        size_t n = 0;
+
+        pathlen = result.find_last_of(PATHDIV);
+
+        if (pathlen == std::string::npos)
+          pathlen = result.length();
+        else
+          ++pathlen; // PATHDIV
+
+        memcpy(path, result.c_str(), pathlen); // not null terminated
+
+        while ((len = readlink(result.c_str(), buf, PATH_MAX)) != -1) {
+          if (buf[0] != PATHDIV) {
+            result.assign(path, pathlen);
+            result.append(buf, len);
+          } else {
+            result.assign(buf, len);
+            pathlen = strrchr(buf, PATHDIV) - buf + 1; // + 1: PATHDIV
+            memcpy(path, buf, pathlen);
+          }
+          if (++n >= 1000) {
+            err << result << ": too many levels of symbolic links"
+                << err.endl();
+            result.clear();
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
 #endif
 
-  result.swap(sfile);
-  return result;
+      if ((!cmp1 || cmp1(result.c_str(), st)) &&
+          (!cmp2 || cmp2(result.c_str(), st)))
+        break;
+    }
+
+    result.clear();
+  } while (*p);
+
+  return !result.empty();
 }
 
-std::string &getPathOfCommand(const char *command, std::string &result) {
-  realPath(command, result, isExecutable);
+bool getPathOfCommand(const char *command, std::string &result,
+                              realpathcmp cmp) {
+  if (realPath(command, result, isExecutable, cmp))
+    stripFileName(result);
 
-  const size_t len = strlen(command) + 1;
+  return !result.empty();
+}
 
-  if (result.size() < len) {
-    result.clear();
-    return result;
-  }
-
-  result.resize(result.size() - len);
-  return result;
+void stripFileName(std::string &path) {
+  size_t lastpathdiv = path.find_last_of(PATHDIV);
+  if (lastpathdiv != 0 && lastpathdiv != std::string::npos)
+    path.resize(lastpathdiv);
 }
 
 const char *getFileName(const char *file) {
diff --git a/wrapper/tools.h b/wrapper/tools.h
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4316e06..ddf87ee
--- a/wrapper/tools.h
+++ b/wrapper/tools.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.      *
  ***********************************************************************/
 
+struct stat;
+
 namespace tools {
 
 //
@@ -142,8 +144,13 @@ bool listFiles(const char *dir, std::vector<std::string> *files,
 
 typedef bool (*realpathcmp)(const char *file, const struct stat &st);
 bool isExecutable(const char *f, const struct stat &);
-std::string &realPath(const char *file, std::string &result, realpathcmp cmp);
-std::string &getPathOfCommand(const char *command, std::string &result);
+bool ignoreCCACHE(const char *f, const struct stat &);
+bool realPath(const char *file, std::string &result,
+              realpathcmp cmp1 = nullptr, realpathcmp cmp2 = nullptr);
+bool getPathOfCommand(const char *command, std::string &result,
+                      realpathcmp cmp = nullptr);
+
+void stripFileName(std::string &path);
 
 const char *getFileName(const char *file);
 const char *getFileExtension(const char *file);