diff --git a/eplot b/eplot
index 7e020ab..cdba017 100755
--- a/eplot
+++ b/eplot
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ require 'tempfile'
 $Version="2.07 03.05.2007"
 $TextViewer="cat"
 $GnuPlot4OrNewer=true
+$GnuPlotBin="gnuplot"
 
 # **************************************************************************
 # VARIOUS CONSTANTS
@@ -399,7 +400,7 @@ class Controller
 		# ---- print the options
 		com="echo '\n"+getStyleString+@oc["MiscOptions"]
 		com=com+"set multiplot;\n" if doMultiPlot
-		com=com+"plot "+@oc["Range"]+comString+"\n'| gnuplot -persist"
+		com=com+"plot "+@oc["Range"]+comString+"\n'| "+$GnuPlotBin+" -persist"
 		printAndRun(com)
 		# ---- convert to PDF
 		if @oc["DoPDF"]