diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 846f364..78be679 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ SOURCES = maingui.cc guiuserdata.cc guiconfiguration.cc guiaboutdialog.cc \
 OBJECTS = $(foreach file,$(SOURCES),$(subst .cc,.o,$(file)))
 
 gtkevemon: ${OBJECTS}
-	${COMPILER} -o ${BINARY} ${OBJECTS} ${LIBS}
+	${CXX} -o ${BINARY} ${OBJECTS} ${LDFLAGS}
 
 multicore:
 	$(MAKE) -j${CORES} gtkevemon
 
 depend:
-	${COMPILER} -MM ${SOURCES} > Makefile.dep
+	${CXX} -MM ${SOURCES} > Makefile.dep
 
 %.o: %.cc
-	${COMPILER} -c -o $@ $< ${CXXFLAGS}
+	${CXX} -c -o $@ $< ${CXXFLAGS}
 
 clean: FORCE
 	${RM} ${BINARY} ${OBJECTS}
diff --git a/src/Makefile.linux b/src/Makefile.linux
index 0881b7e..7e9afa6 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.linux
+++ b/src/Makefile.linux
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-COMPILER = g++
+CXX ?= g++
 
 CORES = $(shell grep processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
 
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ PTH_LIBS = -lpthread
 XML_FLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0)
 XML_LIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0)
 
-CXXFLAGS = ${GCC_FLAGS} ${GTK_FLAGS} ${XML_FLAGS}
-LIBS = ${GTK_LIBS} ${PTH_LIBS} ${XML_LIBS}
+CXXFLAGS ?= ${GCC_FLAGS}
+CXXFLAGS += ${GTK_FLAGS} ${XML_FLAGS}
+LDFLAGS += ${GTK_LIBS} ${PTH_LIBS} ${XML_LIBS}
 
 BINARY = gtkevemon