diff --git a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/index.ts b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/index.ts
index f24f688087a..b8954d801d1 100644
--- a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/index.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ export class CompilerSupplier {
   private version: string;
   private docker: boolean;
   private strategyOptions: StrategyOptions;
+  private nativePath: string;
 
   constructor({ events, solcConfig }) {
-    const { version, docker, compilerRoots, dockerTagsUrl, spawn } = solcConfig;
+    const { version, docker, compilerRoots, dockerTagsUrl, spawn, nativePath } =
+      solcConfig;
     this.version = version ? version : defaultSolcVersion;
     this.docker = docker;
+    this.nativePath = nativePath;
     this.strategyOptions = {};
     if (version) this.strategyOptions.version = this.version;
     if (dockerTagsUrl) this.strategyOptions.dockerTagsUrl = dockerTagsUrl;
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ export class CompilerSupplier {
     if (useDocker) {
       strategy = new Docker(this.strategyOptions);
     } else if (useNative) {
-      strategy = new Native();
+      strategy = new Native(this.nativePath);
     } else if (useSpecifiedLocal) {
       strategy = new Local();
     } else if (isValidVersionRange) {
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ export class CompilerSupplier {
     if (useDocker) {
       strategy = new Docker(this.strategyOptions);
     } else if (useNative) {
-      strategy = new Native();
+      strategy = new Native(this.nativePath);
     } else if (useSpecifiedLocal) {
       strategy = new Local();
     } else if (isValidVersionRange) {
diff --git a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/Native.ts b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/Native.ts
index 249173d021a..b73e841b298 100644
--- a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/Native.ts
+++ b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/loadingStrategies/Native.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@ const { normalizeSolcVersion } = require("../normalizeSolcVersion");
 const { NoVersionError } = require("../errors");
 
 export class Native {
+  private solcPath: string;
+
+  constructor(solcPath: string) {
+    this.solcPath = solcPath;
+  }
+
   load() {
     const versionString = this.validateAndGetSolcVersion();
-    const command = "solc --standard-json";
+    const command = `${this.solcPath} --standard-json`;
     const maxBuffer = 1024 * 1024 * 50;
 
     try {
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ export class Native {
   validateAndGetSolcVersion() {
     let version;
     try {
-      version = execSync("solc --version");
+      version = execSync(`${this.solcPath} --version`);
     } catch (error) {
       throw new NoNativeError(error);
     }
diff --git a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/rangeUtils.ts b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/rangeUtils.ts
index 9bc410d6a70..2f266710a43 100644
--- a/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/rangeUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/compile-solidity/src/compilerSupplier/rangeUtils.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import fs from "fs-extra";
 import semver from "semver";
 import { Native, Local } from "./loadingStrategies";
 import { CompilerSupplier } from "./index";
+import TruffleConfig from "@truffle/config";
 
 /**
  * takes a version string which may be native or local, and resolves
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ export function resolveToRange(version?: string): string {
   //if version was native or local, must determine what version that
   //actually corresponds to
   if (version === "native") {
-    return new Native().load().version();
+    const nativePath = TruffleConfig.default().compilers.solc.nativePath;
+    return new Native(nativePath).load().version();
   } else if (fs.existsSync(version) && path.isAbsolute(version)) {
     return new Local().load(version).version();
   }
@@ -40,11 +42,13 @@ export function rangeContainsAtLeast(
   );
   //the following line doesn't, despite the flag, but does work with version ranges
   const rangeAtLeast = !!(
-    semver.validRange(range, { loose: true }) &&
-    !semver.gtr(comparisonVersion, range, {
-      includePrerelease: true,
-      loose: true
-    }) //intersects will throw if given undefined so must ward against
+    (
+      semver.validRange(range, { loose: true }) &&
+      !semver.gtr(comparisonVersion, range, {
+        includePrerelease: true,
+        loose: true
+      })
+    ) //intersects will throw if given undefined so must ward against
   );
   return individualAtLeast || rangeAtLeast;
 }
diff --git a/packages/config/src/configDefaults.ts b/packages/config/src/configDefaults.ts
index 3c499284824..e27dad4331e 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/configDefaults.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/configDefaults.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export const getInitialConfig = ({
     },
     compilers: {
       solc: {
+        nativePath: `${process.env.TRUFFLE_NATIVE_SOLC_PATH || "solc"}`,
         settings: {
           //Note: The default solc version is *not* set here!
           //It's set in compilerSupplier/index.js in compile-solidity