diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 597e467..af5806b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -105,3 +105,4 @@
 /annobin-8.76.tar.xz
 /annobin-8.77.tar.xz
 /annobin-8.78.tar.xz
+/annobin-8.79.tar.xz
diff --git a/annobin.spec b/annobin.spec
index 8a28543..622999f 100644
--- a/annobin.spec
+++ b/annobin.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 Name:    annobin
 Summary: Binary annotation plugin for GCC
-Version: 8.78
+Version: 8.79
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv3+
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ fi
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 06 2019 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> - 8.79-1
+- Allow compiler used to run tests to be specified on the command line.  (#1723401)
+
 * Tue Aug 06 2019 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> - 8.78-1
 - Fix a memory allocation error in the annobin plugin.  (#1737306)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b815d12..ea7edcf 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (annobin-8.78.tar.xz) = 63073981b1d92d724dd70be64084cfd5e146735dd128455721fe5750c2f63d8fc0984e2907729fa39f9c5b2827e8f83c9c0801a143bff4a41d51b3a01e8a8a92
+SHA512 (annobin-8.79.tar.xz) = 6a66d3d2e4125881965aee9ae55af9cb6e289f47581e8aebfa7f4ab708d0280d331d55a8261fa1ff7cb70c1daf08daf622c4c851a5fb449eb6c93d2a8808f6a8