--- x11-libs/qt/qt-3.3.8b.ebuild
+++ x11-libs/qt/qt-3.3.8b.ebuild
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@
 		sed -i -e "s:/lib$:/${libdir}:" \
 			"${S}"/mkspecs/${PLATFORM}/qmake.conf || die
 	fi
+
+	sed -i -e "s:CXXFLAGS.*=:CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS} :" \
+		    -e "s:LFLAGS.*=:LFLAGS=${LDFLAGS} :" \
+		"${S}"/qmake/Makefile.unix || die
 }
 
 src_compile() {