SET (CMAKE_C_COMPILER             "/usr/bin/clang")
    SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS                "-Wall -std=c99")
    SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG          "-g")
    SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL     "-Os -DNDEBUG")
    SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE        "-O4 -DNDEBUG")
    SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-O2 -g")

    SET (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER             "/usr/bin/clang++")
    SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS                "-Wall")
    SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG          "-g")
    SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL     "-Os -DNDEBUG")
    SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE        "-O4 -DNDEBUG")
    SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-O2 -g")

    SET (CMAKE_AR      "/usr/bin/llvm-ar")
    SET (CMAKE_LINKER  "/usr/bin/llvm-ld")
    SET (CMAKE_NM      "/usr/bin/llvm-nm")
    SET (CMAKE_OBJDUMP "/usr/bin/llvm-objdump")
    SET (CMAKE_RANLIB  "/usr/bin/llvm-ranlib")

$ export CC=/usr/bin/clang
$ export CXX=/usr/bin/clang++
$ cmake ..
-- The C compiler identification is Clang
-- The CXX compiler identification is Clang

SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT                "-Wall -std=c99")
SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT          "-g")
SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT     "-Os -DNDEBUG")
SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT        "-O4 -DNDEBUG")
SET (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT "-O2 -g")

SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT                "-Wall")
SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT          "-g")
SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL_INIT     "-Os -DNDEBUG")
SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE_INIT        "-O4 -DNDEBUG")
SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO_INIT "-O2 -g")

$ cmake -DCMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE=~/ClangOverrides.txt ..

$ cmake -D_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX=llvm- ..

option(USE_CLANG "build application with clang" OFF) # OFF is the default

if(USE_CLANG)
    SET (...)
    ....
endif(USE_CLANG)

SET (CMAKE_AR      "/usr/bin/llvm-ar")
SET (CMAKE_LINKER  "/usr/bin/llvm-ld")
SET (CMAKE_NM      "/usr/bin/llvm-nm")
SET (CMAKE_OBJDUMP "/usr/bin/llvm-objdump")
SET (CMAKE_RANLIB  "/usr/bin/llvm-ranlib")