--- Makefile	2002-08-27 17:12:23.000000000 +0200
+++ Makefile_new	2013-03-11 19:12:05.755013015 +0100
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 GTK_INCLUDE = `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags`
 GTK_LIB = `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs`
 
-FLAGS = -O2 -Wall -fPIC $(GTK_INCLUDE)
+CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -Wall -fPIC $(GTK_INCLUDE)
+LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
 LIBS = $(GTK_LIB)
 LFLAGS = -shared
 
-CC = gcc $(CFLAGS) $(FLAGS)
+
+CC = $(CC)
 
 OBJS = gkrellstock.o
 
 gkrellstock.so: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(OBJS) -o gkrellstock.so $(LFLAGS) $(LIBS) 
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o gkrellstock.so $(LFLAGS) $(LIBS) 
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o core *.so* *.bak *~